What If You Had an Animal Tail? - Paperback

by Sandra Markle (Author), Howard McWilliam (Illustrator)

If you could have any animal's tail, whose would you choose?

What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right one for you!

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If you could have any animal's tail, whose would you choose? If you chose a peacock's colorful tail, you'd be the center of attention in any room. If you had a beaver's wide tail, you would make the biggest splash at the pool. And if you had rattlesnake's loud tail, everyone would know when to leave you alone! The animal kingdom has tons of amazing tails, but your tailbone is pretty great, too!

Author Biography

Sandra Markle is the author of more than 200 children's books, which have won numerous awards, including a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Books for Children, NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended, and ALA Notable Books for Children. She lives in Florida.
Howard McWilliam is the illustrator of Dinosaur Christmas by Jerry Pallotta, I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll, When a Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore, and the What If You Had...? series by Sandra Markle. He lives in Kingston Upon Thames, England, with his wife, Rebecca. For more information, go to howardmcwilliam.com.