Books with title If You Were A-- Farmer

Melia wants to be a writer just like her mom. She's not exactly sure what a writer does, though. She sees her mom staring at the typewriter and then she sees her opening up boxes of books. But what comes in between? With some help from her mom, Melia begins to learn the tools of the trade. She learns how to make pictures with words, how to search for ideas, and, of course, how to start a story. Before she knows it, Melia's creating her own spellbinding tales. Maybe she is a writer after all!

A charming "what If" rhyming picture book for young readers who can explore the magical, wet world of frogs! Readers will learn about frog's habitat's, the kinds of thing they like to eat, the sounds they make, how they hunt for food and hide from prey. The beautiful illustrations will keep children fascinated with the amphibian world and their imaginations will be hungry for more frog facts long after they are done reading!

If you could be any kind of animal, what would you be? Would you be a dog that goes ARRRROOOOOOO? Or maybe you would be a sharp-toothed dinosaur that can CHOMP, STOMP, ROAR! Perhaps you might want to be a hopping frog that goes BOING, BOING, RIBBET! But maybe you would want to be the best kind of animal of all: a child! With joyful, impressionistic illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Chris Raschka and spare, rhythmic text from author Jamie A. Swenson that invites playful interaction, If You Were a Dog is the perfect read-aloud for your favorite little animal.

If you could be any kind of animal, what would you be? Would you be a dog that goes ARRRROOOOOOO? Or maybe you would be a sharp-toothed dinosaur that can CHOMP, STOMP, ROAR! Perhaps you might want to be a hopping frog that goes BOING, BOING, RIBBET! But maybe you would want to be the best kind of animal of all: a child! With joyful, impressionistic illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Chris Raschka and spare, rhythmic text from author Jamie A. Swenson that invites playful interaction, If You Were a Dog is the perfect read-aloud for your favorite little animal.

Have you ever asked a young child what he or she could do, if they were a ball? a horse? a whale?Delightful drawings and fun rhyming text encourage a child to interact with the story, while thinking about the possibilities. But the most important message of this book comes at the end. Written to help foster a child's self-esteem, you'll both smile when you've finished reading this engaging book. And, maybe, hug too!Be sure to search for the hidden little character in the illustration on each page.Scroll up to buy now!