Just Because
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
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Matthew McConaughey
The debut picture book by Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaugheyJust because I’m in the race,doesn’t mean I’m fully ready.Just because I’m shaking,doesn’t mean that I’m not steady.Have you ever felt worried and excited at the same time?Have you ever had your feelings hurt but forgiven someone anyway?Have you ever thought there was more than one right answer to a question?That’s because contradictions are all around us. And they make us who we are.Filled with his trademark humor and wisdom, Academy Award–winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaughey has crafted a soulful and irreverent collection of life lessons that empowers readers, big and small, to celebrate how we are all full of possibility.Why? Just because.
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Author
Matthew McConaughey
Pages
32
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2023-09-12
ISBN
0593622049 9780593622049
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"I checked this out from our library because, well, it’s Matthew McConaughey and I love quirky kids books. <br/>I didn’t even open it before checking it out and read it for the first time to my 5 year old daughter at bedtime.<br/>I had high hopes for it. I definitely expected some McConaughey-ness, but this book was almost torture to finish.<br/>The forced rhymes. The weird, nonsensical platitudes. 30 pages of awkward oxymorons.<br/><br/>At best, McConaughey and anyone involved with this publishing missed the mark for a kids book. Not because of any of the confusing messaging itself, but the metaphors are way too complicated for most young children, which is the target audience of this book. <br/><br/>I begged my daughter to let me stop reading this about half way through because I could tell she didn’t understand anything in this book. She insisted we keep reading “one more page.” But it never got better. Just 30 pages of word salad.<br/><br/>The only thing keeping this from being a 1-star rating is that the illustrations were pretty solid."
Kasey Driskell