A buoyant, breathtaking poem from Juan Felipe Herrera--brilliantly
illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Lauren Castillo--speaks to every
dreaming heart.
Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was
very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields
and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and
learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to
a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write
English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the
street after school. And when he grew up, he became the United States
Poet Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the Library of
Congress. If he could do all of that . . . what could you do? With
this illustrated poem of endless possibility, Juan Felipe Herrera and
Lauren Castillo breathe magic into the hopes and dreams of readers
searching for their place in life.