In this lively book illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Chris Raschka, a child imagines life as many different animals. 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!

 

This book was recognised by the Charlotte Zolotow Award.

This book is part of a book series called If You Were a .

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc .

Jamie A. Swenson works as an associate librarian and early literacy storyteller. She is also the author of Boom! Boom! Boom! , illustrated by David Walker. She lives in Janesville, Wisconsin.