By Oliver Jeffers (author) , Oliver Jeffers (illustrator)
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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of How to Catch a Star with this special paperback edition.
A prize winning illustrator with a reputation for spare illustrations which pack a huge emotional punch. A little boy so loves the stars that he decides to set off and try to catch one. But catching a star is not as easy as it looks. It’s a captivating quest with a very satisfying ending.
There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own…
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The publication of How to Catch a Star in 2004 heralded the arrival of a captivating new talent on the picture book scene. Twenty years later, Oliver Jeffers’ magical story of the boy and the star continues to inspire readers around the world.
"…the best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding." Telegragh
"A story about possibilities and disappointments with a triumphant ending..." Guardian
Oliver Jeffers has won numerous awards and delighted millions of kids and parents alike with his beautifully hand illustrated stories.
Jeffers's picture books are wonderfully accessible. They explore themes of friendship, loneliness, independence and imagination. He has written and illustrated, or "made", as he prefers to put it, five hugely successful picture books. The first three - the "boy books" - feature a small boy who sets off on a series of daunting quests. How to Catch a Star (2004), the first of them, was inspired by a Brer Rabbit story he read as a child. I n Lost and Found (2005) the boy heroically rows to the south pole for the sake of an unhappy penguin, and in The Way Back Home (2007) he rescues a young Martian whose spaceship has crashed on the moon.
The Heart and the Bottle is wholly compelling for the importance of its message and the brilliance of how that is conveyed in words and pictures. This is a book to return to time and time again says Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids’ editorial expert.
Jeffers was born in Australia in 1977 and brought up in Belfast. He studied visual communication at the University of Ulster, and graduated in 2001. Jeffers became passionate about making picture books when he began to understand the subtle relationship between words and pictures – ‘that was what excited me. Until I got really involved, I hadn't realised how just a few words can totally change the meaning of a picture.’ Now living in New York, he works as a painter, designer, printmaker and installation artist, but remains very busy making picture books.
Oliver loves plastic food, suitcase handles and Elvis, and has developed a bizarre habit of endlessly writing lists he never reads. He remains hell bent on travelling all over the world.
You can see Oliver talking about his artwork in this video:
We have a super set of Oliver Jeffers activity pages to download :
Once Upon an Alphabet colouring in.
The Day the Crayons Came Home maze.
Incredible Book-eating Boy wordsearch.
Photo credit Caroline Tompkins
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There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own… The publication of How to Catch a Star in 2004 heralded the arrival of a captivating new talent on the picture book scene. Twenty years later, Oliver Jeffers’ magical story of the boy and the star continues to inspire readers around the world.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed How to Catch a Star and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
How to Catch a Star features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Fantasy / Magical, Bedtime Stories for Children, Picture storybooks, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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How to Catch a Star was written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Harpercollins Publishers
How to Catch a Star has 32 pages
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