I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover Congresswoman Patsy Mink

Congresswoman Patsy Mink

disaster preparedness

Xan decides she must raise this girl

Soon it’s time to show her the ropes

there's more to do than hold it

I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover Congresswoman Patsy MinkCelebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask (with the help of Newbery medalist Lois Lowry, former US Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis, and others), "Who do you want to be?" Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this playful poetry collection, flexing their creative muscles and bucking stereotypes. (Who says that girls can't be knights and boys can't be mermaids?) Fifteen poets write about who