If I Were a Bird, Paperback

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.

SHELLEY GILL is an author and adventurer who lives in Homer, Alaska. She has raced in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, sailed to Antarctica, and been a humpback researcher in Prince William Sound for 15 years. She is a public speaker and visits schools all over the world.

ERIK BROOKS spent much of his childhood in Anchorage, AK. He explored the woods, chased moose from his garden, and was even run over by a dog sled. From his current home in Winthrop, WA, Erik writes, draws, visits schools and libraries, and plays in the mountains like a wolverine! Visit him online at: www.ErikBrooks.com