![]() ![]() ![]() “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. “Will I have to put up with that bully forever?” she wonders. 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). “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. “By the time we grow up, things are going to be terrible.” The girl’s grandmother, however, counsels cool-headedness. ![]() “Our future is doomed,” an older brother growls to his little sister one rainy day. 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. Still Stuck book by Shinsuke Yoshitake ReadingRewards: Earn 2x points on all Childrens Books Dumping Debt Rated: G (General Audience) No Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.49 - 12.42 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 5.29 Good 4.69 Acceptable 4.49 New 12.42 See All 3 Editions from 4. ![]()
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