What If? Written & Illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. What If?. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010. Print. 27 pages
Age Group:	6 months - 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A Caldecott Honor, Geisel Honor and ALA Notable author created this picture book that provides the young reader with endless possibilities.  Created with bright illustrations and simple wording each page gives the reader the opportunity to use their imagination, and known vocabulary to tell a variety of ending possibilities.
Personal Reaction:	The young reader will enjoy creating different possibilities for this ingenious picture book.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Beach, Ball, Boy, Seals
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations. ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Repeating repetitious words