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If I Were a . . .

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Tiger Tales has published a series of “If I Were . . . ” books by Pat Hegarty for both boys and girls that spark the imagination and delight the fingers. These are textile learning books which children can explore while dreaming about what they want to be when they grow up.

The illustrations are done by Liz and Kate Pope and are very childlike in their appeal. I like the drawings as they look very much as if a child could have drawn them, but definitely did not. The people almost look like glorified stick figures but the details in the drawings are impressive. In short, I thought the drawings compliment the stories of the books quite well because children are to be thinking about what things would look like as they imagine it to be.

Although not every little girl is going to grow up to be a princess (the statistics are low) that doesn’t stop girls from dreaming about it! If I Were a Princess lets the young girl dream away and is quite cute. Another title available for girls is If I were a Ballerina which might be a slightly more attainable goal. Nevertheless, both books are quite well done and both dreams quite real!

For boys you might check out If I Were a Firefighter or If I Were a Soccer Star.

Again, I think these books really help a child to develop their imagination as they afforded the opportunity to explore with their hands as well as with their eyes. These are charming little board books and we (my two year old and I) would encourage you to look them up!

The publisher has graciously agreed to give away one set of each of the four titles mentioned above to one of our readers. If you would like to win a set of these books, leave a comment. We’ll post the winner on 2/18.

The winners of last week’s giveaways are
Heart in the Right Place: #64 Lucy K.

Angels in the ER: #14 Helen S.

Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know.

Comments

  5. These sound terrific. My little girls would especially love the ballerina and princess titles. Thanks!

  7. One of the hiremen is in training to be a fireman and the boys now love firetrucks they would love the Fire I were a Fireman book

  13. These would be a wonderful addition to my grandchildrens’ “library”. They are really cute (and sturdy)

  14. These would be fantastic for my parents to read to the grandchildren. The grandchildren are always asking them to read all sorts of books.

  16. We love to read books to our children, and it would be great to add these to our collection; it doesn’t hurt that my son wants to be a firefighter either! Thanks so much

  28. I would love to win these books for my grandchildren! Thank you for the giveaway!
    mittens0831 AT aol.com

  41. I’d love to win these…both my 8 year old (who would read them herself) and my almost-2 year old (who would insist on having them read to him MANY times per day!) would enjoy them.

  43. With five grandchildren, these books would get quite a workout. I’d love to win a set of them.

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