By Oliver Jeffers (author) , Oliver Jeffers (illustrator) Part of the The Hueys series
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Now this fabulously quirky group of characters is introduced to younger readers in these toddler friendly board books from the internationally bestselling, award-winning author/illustrator, Oliver Jeffers, creator of How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found.
If they like Oliver Jeffers they'll love Tom McLaughlin .
A fight has broken out amongst The Hueys. It was not me! It was him!
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But no one can remember what they're fighting about. If only they could find an interesting distraction...
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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A fight has broken out amongst The Hueys. It was not me!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Hueys - it Wasn't Me and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
The Hueys - it Wasn't Me features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Books for Babies and Toddlers
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The Hueys - it Wasn't Me was written by Oliver Jeffers and published by HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Hueys - it Wasn't Me has 30 pages
Yes it is part of The Hueys series
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