can't get back across a flooded stream to her chicks. How she is helped and who helps her is totally unexpected and heart-warming. IF I ONLY HAD THUMBS are unique among children's picture books. In light and humorous rhyme, Steve Gabany creates partnerships between unlikely animals—one needing help, the other able to help. With gentleness, humor, and a focus on family, IF I ONLY HAD THUMBS reminds children that helping others and accepting differences among each other is a good and important thing to do to make their world, and ours, a better place.