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Availability:In StockContributor:Mac Barnett, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator)Audience:Baby-PreschoolPublish date:2/3/2026Release date:2/3/2026Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536250602ISBN-10:1536250600UPC:9781536250602Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Bedtime & Dreams, Imagination & Play, Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:7.80 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7E956W70
"Charming, playful, and extraordinary imaginings will galvanize young minds to find inspired answers to their own questions." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Why is the ocean blue? What is the rain? What happened to the dinosaurs? It 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."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536250602ISBN-10:1536250600UPC:9781536250602Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Bedtime & Dreams, Imagination & Play, Visionary & MetaphysicalSize:7.80 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC7E956W70
Mac Barnett is the author of many beloved picture books for children, including Just Because, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; A Polar Bear in the Snow, illustrated by Shawn Harris; and John's Turn, illustrated by Kate. He is also the author of several books illustrated by Jon Klassen, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, a Caldecott Honor Book and E. B. White Read-Aloud Award winner; the shape trilogy; and The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Award winner. Mac Barnett lives in California.

Isabelle Arsenault is the creator of Alpha and the illustrator of several other picture books, including Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year; Captain Rosalie by Timothée de Fombelle; and Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky. Isabelle Arsenault lives in Montreal.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

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