![]() How you thought you would change the world. Or that you'd be inspiring a new generation of children as a teacher. But remember back to when you were a kid, and you imagined that being a firefighter was going to be the best thing in the world. We can also forget how fun being a grown up can be, bogged down as we are by mortgages, horrible co-workers and endless deadlines. I think sometimes as much as we love books, we can all take the book world for granted. This book reminded me of the joy to be found in picture books, of the FUN that can be had. The sense of joy, the wonder, the excitement about the possibilities of adult life was so powerful and motivating. The girl's concept of the grown up world was fantastic and touching at the same time. What really struck me was how great a job Sally Lloyd-Jones did of capturing a child's view of the world and presenting it. ![]() In the same way that Toy Story is also geared for adults, this book is full of plenty of humour for the growed ups narrating this story as well as plenty of fun for kids. This picture book is the perfect example of what picture books are so incredibly awesome - a fact I think we grown ups sometimes forget, especially if we don't have kids to read to in order to remind us. ![]()
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