{"product_id":"in-a-button-9781737257820","title":"in a button","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about a button. It is also a book about noticing, wondering, and imagining. Mostly it's a book about YOU... the button you will find... and what might happen next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN A BUTTON opens a wondrous space of curiosity and joy as readers are invited on a quiet, beautifully illustrated journey to... notice, wonder, imagine, create, delight, and be with a single button.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has a light narrative structure that opens with a child who makes a discovery, builds to involve readers in making their own imaginative discoveries, and returns to the quiet, creative self-sufficiency of the child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this story is a uniquely nuanced concept book. The illustrations shift in perspective, balance, and scale as they move between exacting realism and impressionistic brush work to mirror the fluidity of how a wandering mind notices size, shape, color, texture, and orientation alongside and overlapping with introspection, invention, memory, and dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artwork holds weight and energy that feels like a button itself, and slowly, with each page turn, you begin to hold your own expansiveness like a button in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and illustrator team, Melissa A. Butler and Nicholas Hohman, have created a book not only about a button, but also about the awe and wisdom of wonder itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- to read again and again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- of play, invention, and discovery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- for families, educators, librarians, artists, meditators, and makers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- to help you remember that a button is enough as it is, and you are \u003cem\u003eenough as you are\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A picture book to savor.\" - \"Beautifully paced, with engaging illustrations.\" - A book for \"all of us - young and maybe not-so young.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A starting point for fostering curiosity and imagination.\" - \"A beautiful reminder that there is always something more to notice.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Butler, Melissa A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notice-To-Wonder Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737257820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 11.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Melissa A. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39674423836747,"sku":"9781737257820","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_6986db6c-75dd-432f-bb08-b3e01897d330.jpg?v=1644934072","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/in-a-button-9781737257820","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}