The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Fogliano, Julie

If I Was the Sunshine

48 pp. | Atheneum | May, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-7243-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-7244-9

(2) PS Illustrated by Loren Long. This big, handsome picture book with a poetic text and lush full-bleed acrylic illustrations begins on a farm, with an adult and child walking toward the barn: "if I was the sunshine / and you were the day / I'd call you hello! // and you'd call me stay." Other spreads depict different animals in their habitats. A gentle meditation on connections in the natural world and in human experience, too.

Reviewer: Megan Dowd Lambert | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2019