I Want to Be...

February 12, 2020, TORONTO – In this board book filled with diversity and empowerment, little girls will see that they can be anything they want. Some jobs immediately sound fun—Candy Maker, anyone?! And some jobs sound exciting—Oceanographer, Sportscaster, Aerialist! And some jobs—Kite Designer, Wind Farmer, Party Planner—sound so wonderful it’s hard to believe that they exist!

This book is part of Second Story Press’s first season releasing feminist, social justice-themed board books. Babies and toddlers will follow along with this ABC as it explores some of the amazing, and often unusual, jobs that people do. Each fun letter is complemented by an illustration of a girl filled with delight and wonder as she shows us how we can be, quite literally, anything we want to be.

With such a diverse group of girls succeeding in all kinds of jobs, every little girl will know that there is an alphabet of possibilities for when she grows up!