Author(s): Sarah Perry

Picture Storybooks

If... is a book of surreal possibilities. It can be explored in many different ways. you can use a single illustration or combine several to create your own stories.

For example, "If frogs ate rainbows.".., what would their croaks sound like and what would they say? Or "If cats could fly...and "If mice were hair.".., what then? In contrast, you can perceive each painting as a complete story in itself. I hope this book triggers a smile (either private or shared ) and will help you experience the real wonders surrounding us all: water can become solid; bees do dance; and birds can truly soar.

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.