If I Had a Gryphon

*this review is of an ARC from NetGalley.

THIS BOOK IS SO CUTE. The illustrations are bonkers (especially the blue-jay lookin' hippogriff), in the best possible way. The rhymes make me want to read this book out loud. I love that the main character is a non-white girl. But mostly I'm just staring at the pictures and giggling. Especially the jolly kraken holding onto the thoroughly unimpressed whale. And the phoenix's aluminum foil nest. And the manticore's gross green mouth.