How to Catch a Star

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An inspirational tale of reaching for the stars and emerging with a friend, this wonderful board book by Oliver Jeffers would make the perfect gift for either the newborn, or an older sibling. Whenever my toddler wakes up from his afternoon nap in inconsolable tears, as he occasionally does for some mysterious reason, this book always immediately comforts him from the opening page. He is also well known for his illustration and artwork, and his distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide.

In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl cover (a drawing of Nelson Mandela) for the U2 song "Ordinary Love". I could see this as a good way to teach children about rather heavy subjects such as depression, anxiety, loss and mourning. A story about possibilities and disappointments with a triumphant ending, all of which Jeffers captures through the beautifully expressive changing moods of his little boy.His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York. When my mum and/or dad dies, I'll be sure to not put my heart in a bottle and will, instead, accept those feelings of loss and pain. And I don't think I would have been as lucky as finding someone "small and still curious about the world" like she had. Finally, just when the boy is ready to give up, he learns that sometimes things aren't where, or what, we expect them to be. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.

From figurative painting, collage and installation to illustration and award winning picture-books, Oliver Jeffers practice takes many forms. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could be their friend and how they could play hide-and-go-seek together. Oliver Jeffers is known for his award-winning picture books, which have been translated into over 30 languages. Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London based Studio AKA, screening on Christmas Eve 2008 on Channel 4 in the UK and on Nickelodeon in the US and Australia.His outstanding talent has been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award. The children in my setting loved the story, they are big fans of the nursery rhyme Twinkle twinkle little star, so I knew they would be interested in this. This is a magical, beautifully illustrated tale about reaching for dreams… Adults tend to think of waiting as tedious, but the magic of this book is that it understands waiting as children wait - alert, apprehensive and using their imaginations.

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He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels. Oliver Jeffers is a creative, brilliant author that really shows his amazing imagination through his books.