When I Grow Up

Submitted by Ms. Carol!
When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic is a very humorous story about a little eight year old boy who has dreams of being lots of things when he grows up. It’s show-and-tell in Mrs. Krupp’s class today, and the children are to tell everyone what they would like to be when they grow up. Billy is so excited he even goes first! Billy says he would like to be a great chef, who makes unusual dishes, such as toast on a stick or twinkies au gratin. Of course Billy doesn’t stop there. He has many ideas. Maybe he’ll be a snail trainer, or a professional pickle inspector. He could milk giraffes and make giraffe cheese. Maybe a gorilla masseuse, a rodeo clown, or a tarantula shaver. Billy has quite an imagination. Billy’s grandpa just turned one hundred and three, and he has had many jobs, but he still doesn’t know what he wants to be, so of course Billy has time to do decide, and maybe he can do all these things! This is a cute story about growing up, and the pressure of deciding what you want to be. It’s okay to not know, and to take your time and just see what the future brings. See this book listed in our catalog