When I Grow Up I Want To Be Me

Product Description Renowned artist Sandra Magsamen brings girls of every age an extraordinary interactive new gift book that celebrates girlhood in all its glory! "I'll be anything I imagine I can be. I'll be happy with who I am and what I see." Every page of this inspirational gift book includes vibrant, full-color illustrations representing girls of diverse colors, shapes and sizes. There are also magical interactive novelties on every spread, including satin hearts, luminous star stickers, lift-the-flaps, moveable die-cut butterflies and more. Sandra Magsamen has captured the essence of what it means to be young and female today. This book offers girls everywhere a reminder of the beauty and strength that resides inside of them. Amazon.com Review Artist, gift seller, and art therapist Sandra Magsamen continues her artsy, all-out love fest ( The Story of the Heart, Daughters Make Every Day a Gift) with a book just for girls. As in When There Are No Words and Magsamen's other books, When I Grow Up I Want to Be Me is long on both positive thinking and production values. The simple text is accompanied by all manner of gift-book bells and whistles: "When I grow up I'll follow my dreams" flies beside a shiny foil heart-shaped kite; "believe in magic" faces a pop-up top-hatted rabbit; "and reach for the stars" has a pull-out page of star stickers. The 22-page book also includes holographic fireflies, lift-up flaps, a handstanding girl on a spinner, and a top-and-bottom career chooser (you can mix and match the legs and torsos of a female astronaut, dancer, firefighter, artist, and doctor). Depending on when they received their last irony inoculation, young girls may find their cynical worldview either cured or exacerbated by this book. But it's hard to fault a message that's so tirelessly cheerful, and many girls will love--and could stand to hear--Magsamen's star-spangled, heart-bedecked, pigtailed paean to self-love. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes About the Author Sandra Magsamen is the author and illustrator of many books for children and toddlers, including the picture book WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE ME. As an artist, an art therapist, and a mom, she uses her creativity to remind people to express themeselves and connect with others. Her lifestyle brands, products, and books are sold worldwide. She lives with her family in Glen Arm, Maryland. Visit her at www.sandramagsamen.com.