Friday, November 10, 2023

If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall - ESSENTIAL

If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
. PICTURE BOOK Hachette Book Group, 2023. $19. 9780316510981

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

What would you do if you were a horse? A girl imagines the things that she would do if she were a horse. She would gallop all day and only come home when she was hungry. Life would be good if she was a horse. 

I never knew a horse could have so many facial expressions! Young horse lovers will adore this book. Simple text and Blackall's illustrative style are combined beautifully. (There is a reason she has 2 Caldecott medals.) I love that the background characters are depicted with diverse abilities, body types, and ethnicities. The main character and her family are ethnically ambiguous with black hair and almond-shaped eyes. 

Rachel, Elementary School Librarian 

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