When I Grow Up (I Want to Be Me)
For kids who want to be everything
Every book is one of a kind — personalized with your child's photo, name, and favorite things. Choose from a variety of illustration styles to match your family's taste.
Starting at $8.99 for digital · $36.99 printed hardcover
About This Story
Everyone keeps asking: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Our hero doesn't KNOW. A magic door appears leading to the Future Fair — where you can try on ANY future! Astronaut! Chef! Doctor! Artist! Each one is exciting but doesn't feel quite RIGHT. When the hero tries to be ALL of them at once, the costume pile-up is so ridiculous the whole fair stops. But when everything falls off and the hero just stands there being THEMSELVES, the fair erupts — because the most interesting exhibit was them all along.
Emotional Payoff
The costume pile-up is physical comedy perfection. The silence after the crash is the emotional hinge — the child stops performing and just EXISTS, and the world responds with wonder. The transformation from "I don't know" to "I am the answer" is the deepest possible identity affirmation. Parents will cry at verse 16.
What Parents Love
Reframes the most common question in childhood from pressure to celebration. The child learns that "I want to be ME" is the most powerful answer because it includes EVERYTHING they love. Validates the child who loves many things, the child who doesn't know yet, and the child who feels behind. The message for parents: who they are right now is already extraordinary.
Learning Focus
Self-Awareness: Recognizing and valuing multiple personal interests, strengths, and passions as parts of a whole identity rather than competing choices
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How It Works
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