An ALA Notable Children\u2019s Book * Multiple starred reviews  \u201cEngaging\u201d \u2014 ALA Booklist (starred review)  \u201cA compelling portrait.\u201d \u2014 Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  \u201cFunny and poignant.\u201d \u2014 School Library Journal (starred review)  Honest and engaging, award-winning author Jean Little\u2019s beloved Hey World, Here I Am! is told in a series of poems, observations, and vignettes.  Kate Bloomfield has got a lot to say\u2014about school and friends and parents, about cartwheels (she can\u00b4t do them), about parsnips (she won\u00b4t eat them), about being alone and being herself, about life and love...even about Dave Nelson, who doesn\u00b4t know she\u00b4s alive. Outspoken, funny, sometimes confused but always observant, Kate is writing it all down\u2014\