If...

by Sarah Perry

Overview

In her first book, artist Sarah Perry has created twenty magical watercolors that are an open invitation to the imaginations of children. Beautifully produced in full color, these fantastic images conjure up a world of limitless possibilities where anything can happen: leaves turn into green fish...cats fly about on wings...and butterflies become a little girl's coat of many colors. Children of all ages will enjoy this book, the Getty Museum's first co-publication with the Children's Library Press of Venice, California.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892363216
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	11/28/1995
Series:	Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum Series
Edition description:	1
Pages:	44
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.13(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	BR (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sarah Perry is an artist living in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

"Can you imagine what would happen if cats could fly of if leaves on trees were actually fish? What would happen if ants could count or spiders could read braille? These premises and illustrations serve as writing prompts as children consider what the world would be like in each case."—Bookalogues

From the Publisher

ges 610. Imagination is the name of the game, and Perry plays it with distinction. Each left-hand page carries a short phrase beginning with the word "If" and trailing off in a series of dots, phrases ranging from the strange ("If toes were teeth . . ." ) to the bizarre ("If caterpillars were toothpaste . . ." ) to the striking ("If lightning made rhinos . . ." ) to the enigmatic ("If music could be held . . ." ). The words are mere jumping-off places for Perry's visual flights of fancy. On each right-hand page is an eye-catching, mind-bending illustration of the phrase. The artwork, evidently done in pastels, features rich colors, subtle shading, and enough realism in the technique to make the entertaining and implausible pictures believable. Since the book is made to be shared ("Look at "this "one!" ), teachers may want to show it to the whole class at once, then pass out the art supplies so that children can play the game, too.

Carolyn Phelan