I came across this delightful book in gallery/bookshop/cafe in Mt Tamborine.  I was enjoying a Mother’s Day outing with my mum whilst my husband entertained the kids.  As it was Mother’s Day I had licence to treat myself to a book but I always seem to find myself browsing the kids books.

‘Could you? Would you?’ is written and illustrated by Trudy White, a Melbourne painter-writer-beekeeeper -plant scientist.  It is full of whimsical illustrations and questions designed to get kids imagining and talking and drawing and exploring.  There are questions such as “Could you run an all-night race?” and “Would you eat a meal that a cat had cooked?” and “Could you live in a place where the weather never changed”.  And there are activities like ‘Draw a map of your house’ and ‘Draw a picture of your family’.  It is a simple and fun way to engage with your children.  And to spark your own imagination!