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When I Get Bigger

by Mercer Mayer · 1983

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For use in schools and libraries only. A child imagines all the things to be done when one is bigger.

Genre
humor
Themes
childhoodcoming of ageanimals
Setting
1980s
Audience
childrenspicture books

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