I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover Xan decides she must raise

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I Am Someone Else: Poems About Pretending Cover:Hardcover Xan decides she must raiseCelebrated 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