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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

  4. Love the idea behind these. I have a Dora book like this – but with the tactile part and my two year loves it. Of course, I think he has a crush on Dora he is always carrying ’round a Dora book and asking me to read it or pretending to do so himself.

  15. I’d love to have these for my husband’s granddaughter. She is always bringing the same books with her and has asked the last few times if I had any new ones. I need some I can keep at my house too.

  18. I have a 5 year old grandaughter Madison and a 4 year old grandson Dylan, I can split the books up between the 2 of them.

  25. I just talked to my 5 year old grandson on the phone and he is so excited about kindergarten and he is learning to read. This child loves books and so does his little brother. I would love to win these for the boys and their mother who teaches kindergarten! Thanks. [email protected]

  32. I’d love to win these for my little granddaughters. The older one is learning to read and “reads” to her little sister. They would really enjoy these…The titles sound very interesting!

  38. The more books that children read ..the better. Thank you for the site and all your hard work.

  39. These books would be a great addition to our childrens’ books here at home. I think my son & daughter would enjoy both enjoy them..and then want to share them with their new cousin!

  42. Hi! I’m about to have my 4th child and I think these books would be really wonderful for my family! Please choose us!! 🙂

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