"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
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“Rawson and Rogers explore the world of parrots in this vibrant celebration of children’s imaginative play. This is a book worth squawking about.” – School Library Journal

“Children need more books like this–ones that intrigue them and widen their view of the world. They will love the colorful illustrations, and will pick it up again and again.”  – Rutgers University

“Play and imagination are great tools that encourage children's learning. If I were a teacher with pre-school learners, this would be an excellent resource for teaching bird classification, parrot adaptation, and caring for pets.” – Epinions.com

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. Sherry has developed a unique style of painting digitally on her computer. Just like a “traditional artist,” Sherry sketches by hand. When happy with the composition, she scans it into the computer. Just as she would use a “normal” paint brush, she paints her illustrations stroke for stroke on her computer in her program of choice, Photoshop. She laughs that the paint clean up is much easier than it used to be! Sherry has also illustrated Kersplatypus, Burro's Tortillas and Sort it Out for Sylvan Dell and has a new 2009 book Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet. Her first book, Counting Little Geckos was published in the summer of 2005. Sherry, her husband and two children live in Northern California. Visit Sherry's website and  Sherry's blog.