An ALA Notable Childrens Book * Multiple starred reviewsEngaging -- ALA Booklist (starred review)A compelling portrait. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Funny and poignant. -- School Library Journal (starred review)Honest and engaging, award-winning author Jean Littles beloved Hey World, Here I Amis told in a series of poems, observations, and vignettes.Kate Bloomfield has got a lot to say--about school and friends and parents, about cartwheels (she cant do them), about parsnips (she wont eat them), about being alone and being herself, about life and love...even about Dave Nelson, who doesnt know shes alive. Outspoken, funny, sometimes confused but always observant, Kate is writing it all down--Hey World, Here I Am