Celebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask "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 they might like to be, musing what life would be like as a wizard, a firefighter, a video-game inventor, and more.

Wish! Be a storybook character -- Wild child / J. Patrick Lewis -- For a little while / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- A mermaid's tale / Janet Clare Fagal -- Big problems / Lois Lowry -- A pirate's life for me / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Support! Be a person who helps -- The one / Matt Forrest Esenwine -- Bellies, bones, and paws / Michelle Heidenrich Barnes -- A suit of blue / Heidi Bee Roemer -- Nurse: healing hand / Joan Bransfield Graham -- On a clear day / Lawrence Schimel -- Invent! Be a person who's a maker -- Cool creations / Darren Sardelli -- One day / Prince Redcloud -- What a poet can do / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Dancing child / Michele Krueger -- Video game hall of fame / Douglas Florian.