This book is incredible. I always try to live my life being as positive and accepting as possible and this book shows how to do just that. It shows peoples negative thoughts about specific individuals who are able to prove their thoughts wrong. The overarching theme is, that if everybody thought that people could not do things, then everyone would believe that they couldn't. People should believe in each-other so that individuals are able to believe in themselves. ( )

This book is terrific. It starts with an illustration and then kids thinking bad things about that illustration. Like a girl in a wheelchair: she cant run, she has to sit out, etc. Then it says “what if they are wrong” and the next illustrations show the more positive side of things. I’m explaning it bad, but if you read the book you get it. It’s a great and very important lesson done in a fun and easy to understand way. ( )

Goodreads Choice Awards Project: Read as many of the first round Picture Book nominees as possible. I previously read two, so 12 to go!

Best of intentions, worst execution. One page sets up a scenario in which people think nasty or closed-minded thoughts, usually involving a person with a disability or some other physical challenge, and the next page upends those snap judgements and poor expectations. Just that, over and over, with some scenarios seeming less likely than others, and some outright unrealistic.

And this seems to be third in a series? They did this same thing in two previous books? I suppose the intent is to use the book as a springboard for discussions with your children. For me and my wife, not much fun to read or read aloud. ( )

Head over to Reading Rumpus to see my two cents: https://www.readingrumpus.com/2019/09/what-if-everybody-thought-that-by-ellen.ht... ( )