When I Grow Up, I Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize

Isabel Pin

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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The boy in this book is having trouble admitting – much less closing – the large gap between his aspirations and his everyday actions. This boy knows that when he’s older he will love his neighbor, but for now he’s all too happy to pick on his sister. This boy even knows that one day he will be given the Nobel Peace Prize: for standing up to bullies, helping the poor, protecting animals and the environment – for all his good deeds. But with his bold claims continually contrasted by pictures that tell a very different story, even this boy eventually has to admit it’s time to stop boasting and take the first step.
 
With cheeky artwork that offers a great big reality check to the high-minded protagonist, this book uses humor to underscore the importance – and the difficulty – of trying to live up to our own ideals.

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"Sly, ironic humor."  --Kirkus Reviews

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Heather  rated it  
Sep 4, 2011
A child thinks about all of the good things he'll do when he grows up, which will lead him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In between, he is shown doing the opposite of those things. By the end, though, he does get started by treating his sister(?) better. Before I got what was happening in tha ...more
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ISABEL PIN lives in Berlin, Germany.

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When I Grow Up, I Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize
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NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Book

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2006
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374383138
ISBN10: 0374383138
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10 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, 32 pages, Full-color pictures throughout; Endnote
Age Range: 4 to 8
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$16.00
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