When I Grow Up is the magical new picture book, inspired by Tim’s much loved hit song from the multi-award-winning Matilda The Musical. It imagines life from a child’s viewpoint, with all the humour and poignancy of the song. The book is beautifully illustrated by Steve Antony, an internationally published, award-winning author and illustrator of many picture books, including the Mr Panda series.

The book’s title comes from one of the best-known songs from the show of one of the best-known children’s books (Matilda) and at one point, in search of an expert opinion on her topic, Sarner consults the children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson. Wilson’s candid view of adulthood is amusingly dismissive: “That’s when you start to pretend.” While Sarner disagrees with Wilson, she recognises that much inauthentic maturity consists of versions of impostor syndrome, what one interviewee describes as feeling “like a pretender in an adult’s body”. Another, a retired academic, speaks of working in an institution where it was “important to put up a front”, a persona concealing a more radical personality. Several interviewees describe quailing at the responsibilities that arrive with parenthood and yet, conversely, feel initiated by them into a new maturity. I just wanted to say a massive thank you to Rich Smith and Sarah Brammer for sending over the brilliant When I Grow Up book called "The Big Build". The stories in When I Grow Up are important. People worked to keep these documents preserved, and I appreciate their significance as a piece of history. After writing this I saw a review on LibraryThing that highlights that Krimstein seems to have changed the spirit of these letters. It worth noting. Well, yes. Yes they really are. But don't just take our word for it, take a look at what other people are saying...Al Yankovic captures it perfectly with wonderful rhymes and great illustrations by Wes Hargis. (Yes, that Al Yankovic.) Poignant … Ken Krimstein's latest book sketches a powerful portrait of Eastern European Jewish youths, full of angst and optimism, on the eve of the Holocaust … Yearning is, in fact, the collection's dominant emotion.

Fun tale all about the unlimited future options available to kids. The illustrations have a terrific Steven Kelloggish vibe. Should appeal to both kids and grownups.Delighted to announce that When I Grow Up - The Big Build will launch on 2nd March 2023, World Book Day! 📚