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If I Were Board Books for Toddlers Series

Erik Brooks and Shelley Gill
The If I Were series of board books celebrates beloved animals and childhood imagination. Titles in the series include If I Were a Whale, If I Were a Bird, If I Were a Bear.
If I Were a Whale by Shelley Gill, Illustrated by Erik Brooks
If I Were a Bear by Shelley Gill; Illustrated by Erik Brooks
If I Were a Fox by Shelley Gill

If I Were Board Books for Toddlers Series : Titles in Order

Book 4
From the bestselling children’s author Shelley Gill and illustrator Erik Brooks of If I Were a Whale, this colorful, rhyming board book playfully features foxes found in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

From fennec foxes with their giant ears to the wily, nimble red foxes, get ready to celebrate the many different types of foxes in baby’s first introduction to these fascinating creatures.

Toddlers will love this playful introduction to foxes: they’re silly and sly; feisty and fuzzy! This beautifully illustrated board book shares simple fox facts in an imaginative way, perfect for read-alouds—and complete with a surprise ending!
Book 3
From the author and illustrator of If I Were a Whale, comes this colorful, rhyming board book that playfully features birds found in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

Toddlers will love this fun introduction to birds, in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares facts about these amazing animals in an imaginative way.

If I were a bird
you know what I’d try?
Flying wing tip to wing tip
in a forest flyby!

I could be an ebony raven,
wind lifting my wings,
tumbling past treetops,
upside down of all things.
Book 2
From the author and illustrator of If I Were a Whale and If I Were A Bird, comes this colorful, rhyming board book that playfully features bears found in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. Beautiful watercolor illustrations of bears of all sizes are sure to delight readers young and old.

Toddlers will love this fun introduction to bears, in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares facts about these amazing animals in an imaginative way.

If I were a polar bear
my ears would be small,
my feet would be furry,
I’d have barely any tail at all.
Book 1
From best-selling children’s author Shelley Gill comes this colorful, rhyming board book playfully featuring whales found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. Toddlers will love learning about whales swimming in the deep blue sea in this beautifully illustrated board book that shares simple whale facts in an imaginative way.
 
If I could be anything, do you know what I’d be? I’d be a whale in the deep blue sea.
Scooping up fishes and flipping my tail, I’d be a minke or beluga whale.