"If You Were a Parrot" is a whimsical book that has the child imagining what life would be like if he or she were a pet parrot. The parrot’s special feet allow it to climb curtains, bookshelves, and plants.  The hooked beak lets the parrot chew all kinds of great food: seeds, nuts, chair legs, popsicles – sticks and all, and even a telephone directory! Join the parrot as it goes through its daily routine of climbing, chewing, eating, bathing, and finally, snuggling down for the night after a long day of parrot fun. The "For Creative Mind" section has parrot teaching trivia, crafts and games to supplement learning.

Written by Katherine Rawson Illustrated by Sherry Rogers	32 pg, 8.5" x 10", Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 978-0-9764943-9-3, $15.95 Lexile Level 640 / AD
“This is a book worth squawking about.” – School Library Journal
“Four young children find out what it might be like to have the feet, beak, voice and feathers of a parrot in this delightfully informative up-close look at a favorite friend.” – Kirkus Reviews
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Author/Artist Bio:

Katherine Rawson was inspired to write this book by watching her pet parrot, Shadow, a small green parrot with a big personality. When she is not playing with parrots, reading or writing about them, she teaches English as a Second Language at a community college and works as a freelance writer. She is a former elementary school teacher. Katherine's article "Baby Parrots" was published by Confetti Magazine in the spring of 2004.

Sherry Rogers spent twelve years as a corporate graphic designer and artist before leaving it “all behind” for the freelance world of art. Sherry has developed quite a unique style of painting – by computer. Just like a “regular” painter, Sherry sketches an outline by hand. When happy with the composition, she scans it into the computer where she “mixes her paint” and uses a computer paint brush – just like she used to use a “normal” paint brush – stroke for stroke. She laughs that the paint clean up is much easier than it used to be! Sherry designs cards in between illustrating children’s books. Her first book, Counting Little Geckos was published in the summer of 2005. If You Were a Parrot, is her second book. To visit her website, click here.  To visit her blog, click here.