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Published:
Candlewick Press 2019
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
09/10/2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781536215342
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B07WFL6Q1P
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Mac Barnett. (2019). Just Because. Candlewick Press.

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Mac Barnett. 2019. Just Because. Candlewick Press.

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Mac Barnett, Just Because. Candlewick Press, 2019.

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Mac Barnett. Just Because. Candlewick Press, 2019.

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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."

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