{"product_id":"just-because-isbn-9781536250602","title":"Just Because","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Charming, playful, and extraordinary imaginings will galvanize young minds to find inspired answers to their own questions.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy is the ocean blue? What is the rain? What happened to the dinosaurs? \u003c\/i\u003eIt might be time for bed, but one child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep just yet. Little ones and their parents will be charmed and delighted as a patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child’s nighttime wonderings. Any child who has ever asked “Why?” — and any parent who has attempted an explanation — will recognize themselves in this sweet storybook for dreamers who are looking for answers beyond “Just because.”The exacting, exquisite phrasing electrifies readers, and full-bleed illustrations pull them into an extraordinary alternate universe...Matte paper, flat colors, conventional \u0026amp; typesetting, and a mid-20th-century look to the light-skinned people conjure a retro feel, allowing the unexpected, original answers to stand out even more. Charming, playful, and extraordinary imaginings will galvanize young minds to find inspired answers to their own questions.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArsenault’s strikingly detailed artwork depicts the bedroom scenes in grays, blacks, and soft whites...A charming celebration of bedtime rituals and parent-child affection, this book also underscores the importance of fostering imagination and wonderment while nurturing young minds.\u003cbr\u003e—School Library Journal (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnett (\u003ci\u003eThe Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown\u003c\/i\u003e) offers a comic look at that famous childhood bedtime-delaying tactic, the difficult question...Arsenault’s imaginative power enhances a thin, nevertheless enjoyable, text.\u003cbr\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a clever launch pad for curious children and adults. The large trim size and double pages done in gouache, pencil, and watercolor, assembled digitally, are replete with details both realistic and fanciful.\u003cbr\u003e—Booklist\u003cb\u003eMac Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many beloved picture books for children, including \u003ci\u003eJust Because\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; \u003ci\u003eA Polar Bear in the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Shawn Harris; and \u003ci\u003eJohn’s Turn\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kate. He is also the author of several books illustrated by Jon Klassen, including\u003ci\u003e Sam and Dave Dig a Hole,\u003c\/i\u003e a Caldecott Honor Book and E. B. White Read-Aloud Award\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewinner; the shape trilogy;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Award\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewinner. Mac Barnett lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabelle Arsenault \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of \u003ci\u003eAlpha \u003c\/i\u003eand the illustrator of several other picture books, including \u003ci\u003eJane, the Fox, and Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Fanny Britt, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year; \u003ci\u003eCaptain Rosalie \u003c\/i\u003eby Timothée de Fombelle; and \u003ci\u003eCloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois\u003c\/i\u003e by Amy Novesky. Isabelle Arsenault lives in Montreal.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233288499429,"sku":"NP9781536250602","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536250602.jpg?v=1767730566","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/just-because-isbn-9781536250602","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}