Previously published as I Want to Be Little (1966), this picture book affirmation of childhood uses dialogue between a little girl and her mother distinguishing unique aspects of being young. Blegvad's watercolor paintings reproduced in full-color on every page reflect contemporary apartment and city life and a diversity of people in this white child's environment. (Ages 3-7)

With her finely tuned ear for the concerns and cadences of childhood, Zolotow records a little girl describing all the things she likes that grown-ups usually do not. This tale, adapted from Zolotow's I Want to Be Little and newly illustrated with appealing watercolors, will strike a pleasurable chord with adults and children.