When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her YouthExuberanta winsome, upbeat work. Publishers Weekly Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell perfectly capture a little girl's simple, joyous celebration of herself, as she looks back on her childhood from the lofty height of four and a half years. This spirited view of growing up is perfect to share at home or in a classroom, as kids will respond to the exuberant pleasures of growing freedom and independence. "When I was little, I could hardly do anything.