What If One Day...

By Bruce Handy. Illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin.

April 2025 Book Club Selection
In contracted braille (UEB)
Ages: 4-8
Grades: Preschool-3.

This thought-provoking, playful picture book from NYT Best Children's Book author Bruce Handy and Ezra Jack Keats Award winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin plays with the idea of how life would be if certain of the things we love most were no longer here.

What if one day, all the birds flew away? Mornings would be quieter. Skies would be plainer. Worms could relax. What if there were no more bugs? What if there ceased to be day and night? By asking how our world would change if it lacked birds, water, or people, and how we would feel about that, this playful book invites readers to celebrate the beauty and wonder of existence, and all that makes our world what it is. This book reminds us that all we need is here, if only we notice!

A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2023
A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of 2024
An Academy of American Poets' Featured Fall Book for Young Readers
A Bookstagang Best of 2023 Winner: Best Illustration