Suitabook
When I grow up
Michele Fry
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Michele Fry. Illustrator: Simóne van der Spuy. Designer: Jennifer Jacobs. Editor: Zanri Kritzinger.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: When I grow up (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at each illustrated job and invite your child to name what they notice. At the end, let them choose, combine or invent an ambition without needing to settle on one.
- Themes
- Choosing a future: The girl imagines several jobs, then says she can choose whatever she wants to be. The ending presents having a choice among possible ambitions positively.
- Worth knowing
- The jobs are introduced as brief, appealing possibilities, not explored in depth. A child may want to ask what the work is really like or suggest careers beyond those pictured.