10/6/08

Title: When I Was Little (A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth)
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Illustrator: Laura Cornell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: September 1995
Genre: Fiction, Picture Book
Audience: Gr. Pre-K-2

Overview: This is a story about a four and a half year old girl who recounts her memories of things that she could not do when she was little, but that she can do now. This is a great book for children who have younger siblings to show them how grown up they are.

Activity: Children can each create their own stories or draw a picture of the things that they could not do when they were younger, but that they can do now and compare their finished work with their classmates' pasts.

Reviewer's Name: Amelia Smith