When I Grow Up

 Citation:-Yankovic, Al, 1959- and Hargis, Wes ( ill.). When I grow up, New York: Harper,  2011.

Annotation:-Author Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic was born October 23, 1959. He grew up in Lynnwood, California. He is well-known for America’s popular music and culture, "Weird Al" Yankovic has had almost as many careers like Billy can dream of. Advised by his father to do whatever made him happy, he has accordingly been a comedian,singer,songwriter,music producer, actor, director, and writer often all at the same time. Mr.Yankovic has won three Grammy Awards and has sold more comedy recordings than anyone else in history. This is his first children's book. He has also written two children's books, When I Grow Up and My new Teacher and Me!  Mr.Hargis has been an illustrator for more than fifteen years. He lives with his family  in Arizona.

“When I grow up "is the picture book for preschool children. This book story telling about eight-year-old Billy and his imagination. This book is realistic and colourful and watercolour used for ink illustrations. The rhyme was terrific and funny. Storyline of this book is excellent. Little Billy is supposed to tell the class what he'd like to be when he grows up. The only problem is that he has a ton of ideas and takes up the whole class period telling them about it.He imagines himself as a famous chef, a snail-trainer in the circus, or a lathe operator as a career types. He moves on, "for laughs," to a giraffe-milker, a gorilla masseuse, a rodeo clown, and many, many more possibilities. Finally his teacher, Mrs. Krupp, calls a halt. When pressed for a decision, Billy notes that he'd like to keep his options open.Hargis's comic details using colour drawings begin on the jacket, where Billy stands on a bulldozer wearing a fireman's hat and carrying a wrench.This is very good book for character imagination and younger children dreams. 

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