I Can Be Anything Written by Jerry Spinelli and Illustrated by Jimmy Liao

I Can Be Anything Written by Jerry Spinelli and Illustrated by Jimmy Liao

I Can Be Anything is a whimisical tale of a little boy who ponders what he wants to be when he grows up. His ideas are at once creative and amusing. The illustrations are rich and compliment the short, rhyming skeme of this book.

Target ages: Preschool and Kindergarten

Spring Boards for Lessons: this book would be great to utilize during times of transitions (ie. Graduation from preschool/kindergarten). Because the theme is so future orientated, students can be asked to visualize what they want to be when they grow up. The creative open-endedness of this book makes it so that the questions of “What do I want to be?” is not so heavily focused on grown occupation or jobs. Nonetheless, this book can be used to discuss with young readers different types of occupations one can have as a grown up.