I read a lot of books. I love the magic of books. I love playfully illustrated books and ones with beautiful prose. I love creative books and design books that delight my senses. I love adding colour and dimension to my life. Honestly, I love all kinds of books. I love the paper, I love analyzing the design of the book cover, I marvel over ones that have creative titles, and even snub my nose at those that haven’t made an effort.

If I were a book, which book would I be? Recently I came across a book that made me think about this question. Ironically this book was also called If I were a Book by José Jorge Letria (Illustrated by André Letria).

I took a few inspirations from this book that I would apply in life:

IF I WERE A BOOK, 
I’D HELP SOMEONE SOAR.

IF I WERE A BOOK,
I’D LIKE MORE THAN ANYTHING
TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY,
“THIS BOOK HAS CHANGED MY LIFE.” 

Here’s one that I’ve come up with that I’d like to make my motto:

IF I WERE A BOOK,
I’D LIKE TO BE PICKED UP AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

What book would you be if you were a book?

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Review by Shilpa Raikar.

If I Were A Book by Jorge Letria (Illustrated by André Letria), is published by Chronicle Books and distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books.