Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 22nd October 2023
Board book
Published: 5th August 2025
Paperback
Published: 3rd October 2024
If I had a polar bear
By (Author) Gabby Dawnay
By (author) Alex Barrow
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Thames & Hudson Ltd
5th August 2025
7th August 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Board book
28
Width 171mm, Height 185mm
Now available as a board book: a boldly illustrated bedtime story that imagines what it would be like to have a strong and snuggly polar bear for a pet.
What would life be like with a polar bear as a pet Polar bears might look soft and cuddly, but they are also super-strong, so getting to school would be a breeze even on a snowy day. They'd show off their ice-skating skills, then help to hunt a fish-and-chip dinner. And since polar bears can swim for days at a time, with endurance like that, if Santa ever needed help delivering presents guess who he would call
Join our funny female protagonist in this newest wintry title in the If I had a... series, just in time for Christmas!
Gabby Dawnay is a writer and poet. She is a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine and a script-writer for children's television. Alex Barrow, a London-based illustrator, is the art director for and a regular contributor to OKIDO magazine. Alex and Gabby are the duo behind children's picture books If I had a dinosaur, A House for Mouse and A Song for Bear.