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I Like to Be Little

by Charlotte Zolotow · 1966

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With her finely tuned ear for the concerns and cadences of childhood, Zolotow records a little girl describing all the things she likes that grown-ups usually do not. This tale, adapted from Zolotow's I Want to Be Little and newly illustrated with appealing watercolors, will strike a pleasurable chord with adults and children.

Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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