Every other book was written in the past. But this book? This book was written in the future.Do you want to know what the future is like? Turn the pages to get a glimpse at the world of tomorrow and its unexpected words, strange social customs, and mind-blowing colors!
From the award-winning duo Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris comes a funny, visionary picture book that kids will want to read again and again.
Mac Barnett is the
New York Times-bestselling author of many children’s books, including the
New York Times bestseller
The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse; the Caldecott Honor Book and E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winner
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole; and the Caldecott Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winner
Extra Yarn. He is also the coauthor of the bestselling
Terrible Two series with Jory John, and the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their bestselling Shapes Trilogy. Mac lives in Oakland, California.
Shawn Harris is an award-winning creator of books for kids. His authorial debut,
Have You Ever Seen a Flower, was called a “stunning tour de force…” by
The New York Times, and was the recipient of a Caldecott Honor. His picture book
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn received two starred reviews. Harris has illustrated a number of other books, including
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers, which won a Newbery Medal, and
A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett, which received the Bull-Bransom Award for excellence in the field of children’s book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife. Shawn lives in Northern California, where he also likes to write songs, surf, and play racquetball.
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Ideal for reading aloud at storytime....It doesn’t take a fortune teller to predict the laughter that will emanate from this world of tomorrow." —
Kirkus Reviews
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An earnest first learning book that’s rendered in electric colors....it’s a solemnly silly look at social norms—and the authorities who decide them." —
Publishers Weekly
