If Kids Ruled the World

Reviewed by: Bernie Alie - Kennebunk Free Library, Kennebunk, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 9, 2015

Review

Bailey pens a whimsical wish fulfillment where birthday cake is good for you, bedtime doesn't exist and there is playtime for everyone, even "106 year old adults." Equality is addressed by "every prince would have a castle, and so would every princess / and everyone could be a prince or princess." Digital illustrations are filled with racially diverse children playing happily together. Most pages are filled with action except for one offering the solitude of a treehouse with a ladder that pulls up behind you. Although offering nothing new, children will welcome this alternative world.

Overall Book Score: good