There Must Be More Than That!
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- £9.99
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
From the creator of The Boring Book, a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book
Shinsuke Yoshitake is back with a witty, thought-provoking picture book for our times.
There Must Be More Than That! is all about perspective, and wading past the bad to embrace the possibility of good.
• A thoughtful and laugh-out-loud exploration into an uncertain ever after
• Empowers readers to choose their own future
• A powerful antidote to anxiety for kids unsure about current events and what comes next
What does the future hold? This question can be daunting—or delightfully promising!
Readers of all ages will seek solace in this smart and spirited exploration of the good that might be right around the corner.
• Perfect for fans of Shinsuke Yoshitake
• Ideal for children ages 5 to 8 years old
• A great pick for parents and grandparents, as well as librarians and teachers
• You'll love this book if you love books like Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty; What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada; and Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison.
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In an era specializing in dark predictions, Yoshitake (I Can Be Anything) gives young readers a new way of thinking about what's to come. "Our future is doomed," an older brother growls to his little sister one rainy day. "By the time we grow up, things are going to be terrible." The girl's grandmother, however, counsels cool-headedness. "Grown-ups act like they can predict the future," she says, but it's never limited to one or two choices: "There must be more than that!" These words are all the encouragement the girl needs to visualize possibilities. Maybe, in the future, "someone always catches the strawberry you drop" (a robot skids under the table, bowl outstretched), or "your room has a zero-gravity switch" (brother and sister bob gleefully in mid-air). "Will I have to put up with that bully forever?" she wonders. "Nope! He might be abducted by aliens tomorrow." It's easy to smile at Yoshitake's square-headed characters and endless stream of lighthearted thought experiments in this gently goofy book, which offers a hopeful corrective to grown-up pessimism. Ages 5 8.
