I loved this book! The art is beautiful and the rhyme is wonderful. It'd be the perfect bedtime story for kids!

This book is great! As a speech pathologist, I can use this book to teach all ages. It has a chance to answer wh-questions. Children can also ask their own questions. The illustrations are beautiful, and useful to talk about adjectives and have the students use their own writing skills. I service children from the ages 3-21 and feel that this book can be used by all ages. This is definitely on my purchase list.

My nine year old son and I received an advance reviewer copy of the new edition of this book. We’d never read it before.

We enjoyed all of the pictures and the secrets described at the end. The ideas were interesting, surprising, and sometimes weird—in a good way. They got us thinking about if the world was different from how it is now.

It’s similar to another favorite of ours, Imagine a World. Enjoy!

What a beautiful and timeless classic! A wonderful book that encourages young and old to use their imagination.
Beautiful illustrations as well!

I had a smile on my face as I flipped through each page of this book. It truly captures the magic and joy of childhood. Each page brings imagination to life by illustrating "what if" scenarios in beautiful and detailed drawings. This is the type of book children and parents will enjoy reading over and over again. In my mind, this is the perfect example of everything a children's book should be.

I absolutely loved the illustrations in this book. They are probably the best I’ve ever seen! It was a little strange, but I like strange!

I adore this children's book and love the idea of these crazy pairs that the author put together. Sarah Perry explores and illustrates what it would look like: if cats could fly, if mice were hair, or if worms had wheels. And much more.

Illustrations are lovely, and the whole design of this book is beautiful.

I have a mixed feeling about this collection. Some of the pictures are wonderful, sparks imagination, and some of other pictures are giving me chills, too surreal, and yet too real, feels like the nightmare coming true. I guess that also shows a powerful side of this book.

A quirky fun book that invites your imagination out to play - the pages offer up simple "what ifs" vibrantly illustrated (sometimes more than meets the eye at first glance). Whether you simply giggle over the creative possibilities or use the ideas to spark your own, kids and adults alike will enjoy a fantastical flip through theses pages.

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Opening the book, I had no clue what would be inside. A picture book? Nicely drawn images? But actually the author promotes imagination of something different, and makes us create stories of the unknown.

Twenty-five years after its original publication, If by Sarah Perry still holds up. The perfect book to read to young children to begin a conversation about what could be.

Review of eBook

Imagination takes flight in the pages of this stunning book. Over a two-page spread, twenty-two different “what if” fantastical suppositions are matched with a full-page illustration. What if: cats could fly . . . dogs were mountains . . . music could be held . . . whales lived in outer space . . . the moon were square?

But the colorful watercolor illustrations reveal even more. What can you discover? And what is your own “What if” idea?

Although intended for young readers ages four through seven, this magical picture book, a twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the original publication, is sure to delight readers of all ages. Two new “what ifs” have been added for this edition: What if turtles were magnetic . . . and What if dreams were visible . . . . And don’t miss the surprises awaiting you in the Readers Guide to the Secrets of “If . . .”

Take an imaginative journey of endless possibilities and see where this book takes you.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from Getty Publications and NetGalley
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I absolutely love this book. One of my favorites was What if teeth were toes. I love the detail in all of the pictures. The book makes me wonder what other possibilities are out there. Thank you, NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

This is a lovely picture book of odd things to think about. A good jumping off point for discussions after reading the book.

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Now, can't say that I have ever wondered about any of these things. I mean, puppies as hills? Fish as leaves? Music you can hold?

It makes for lovely pictures, though, and quite enjoyable. Weird, yes, but enjoyable.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

If...dreams were visible, what would that look like.

Together with your imaginative children, you can experience the what ifs and go even further. The what if's gives your child possibilities that can seem endless. With colorful illustrations to guide you, you may even have your own what if's.

Thank you Getty Publications and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review

Five-year-olds with vivid imaginations will love this book. "If dogs were mountains," "if butterflies were clothes," "if music could be held," each idea accompanied by a wonderful illustration. An opportunity to branch out from this book and let children think creatively, outside of the box.

Very surrealistic and imaginative. This book imagines "what if...." with a myriad of items, some I really enjoyed ("What if whales lived in outer space?"), some I found rather creepy ("What if mice were hair?"). The illustrations were wonderfully rendered to go along with the "if".
Would be a great book to utilize with the study of surrealism.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This is my first time seeing it. I laughed out loud, awwed, and felt sorry for that poor turtle carrying around all that stuff. And then I got to the secrets at the end, and I want to read it all over again!

I can see this book as a fantastic jumping-off point for so many things. Kids can draw their own pictures, come up with their own what-if scenarios, and write stories using the prompts in the book. I love it. So clever!

I was unfamiliar with the original book, so this was new to me. It is very abstract and unique, and I think would make a great mentor text or reading prompt!

If… was captive-iting-- a word I just made up that is a combination of ‘captivating’ and ‘inviting’ to the imagination. Sarah Perry’s illustrations were surrealist and thought provoking, and children will be inspired by the outside-the-box quality inspiration that trails after each picture ends and a new page begins.

I received an ARC from the author and publisher in exchange for an honest review.