If I Had A Polar Bear

 If I had a Polar Bear

By Gabby Dawnay

Illustrated by Alex Barrow

October 5, 2023

32pp, illustrated throughout | £11.99 Hardback

For ages 3+

The latest addition to the wildly popular series of bedtime stories imagines what it would be like to have a polar bear for a pet.

What would it be like to have a polar bear as a pet? It might be an unconventional

choice, but it would be sure to give the best bear hugs...

Polar bears are cuddly but they’re also very strong. As marine mammals, they can swim for days at a time – that’s serious perseverance! So if Santa ever needed help delivering his presents, guess who he would call?

Join our funny female protagonist as she wonders ‘what would life be like... if I had a

polar bear?’

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 is a London-based illustrator, and 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, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Review: 

We love this series and this latest addition is just as great as the others. 

Fun, rhyming and fact filled these books tick so many boxes for both children and adults alike. 

If you are looking for an entertaining, engaging book that will have your children laughing then this book is it! 

If you are looking for a fact filled book that subtly educates your children at bed time then this is the book for you! 

If you are just looking for a book to share together then this book is definitely for you!! 

We love how the illustrations are built in to the text and story. It adds an element of interactiveness to the book and the familiar pattern means that young children are instantly hooked. 

This is by far one of my favourite books to share this winter and I can’t wait to read it with more little bookworms.