Imagine Author:Juan Felipe Herrera Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young Juan Felipe Herrera Picked chamomile flowers in windy fields, let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his family moved. He taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads w... more »ith rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And when he grew up he became the United States Poet Laureate and read his poems aloud on the steps of the library of Congress. If he could do all . . . that what could you do?« less