How to Catch a Star

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Product Details

Author : Oliver Jeffers
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780007150342
Number of Pages : 32
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2005-05-03
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books

ASIN : 0007150342

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Editorial Reviews

Telegraph

"…the best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding."

Guardian

"A story about possibilities and disappointments with a triumphant ending..."

Mail on Sunday

"This is a magical, beautifully illustrated tale about reaching for dreams…"

The bookseller

'Hail to new talent...if only all
picture books could be this good.'

Synopsis

An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. The beautifully illustrated, original debut picture book from shining talent, Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. 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. So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own!

From the Inside Flap

Once there was a boy and he loved stars very much...every night he watched stars from his bedroom window has wished he had one of his own. one day, he decided he would try to catch a star of his very own...but first he had to think of a plan

From the Back Cover

Oliver Jeffers studied visual Communication at the University of Ulster. Since graduating he has exhibited paintings in Belfast, New York and Sydney.
He started creating children's books when people wouldn't believe what happened to him unless he pretended he was telling 'stories'. At an early age, Oliver developed an appreciation of five-letter words and his loves include plastic food, wheels, suitcase handles, Elvis and, despite not having met one yet, polar bears.

About the Author

Oliver Jeffers was born in Western Australia in 1977, and brought up in Belfast. He is an artist who began by exhibiting his work at several small exhibitions in Belfast from 1995-1998, before beginning to illustrate book jackets for local publishing houses. He graduated from the University of Ulster with a degree in Visual Communications in 2001.

From 1999 to 2000, he travelled to Australia and the US, settling in Sydney and becoming a freelance illustrator and painter, working for various magazines, and illustrating for the Lavazza Coffee Company.

The first picture book he wrote and illustrated was How To Catch A Star (2004), which was shortlisted for the 2004 Booktrust Early Years Award (Best New Illustrator). Lost and Found (2005) won the 2005 Nestlé Children's Book Prize (Gold Award) in 2005, the 2006 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. The Incredible Book Eating Boy (2006), was shortlisted for the 2007 British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year.

Oliver Jeffers continues to exhibit his work in London, Ireland, Australia and the US, and has undertaken illustration commissions for various organisations, including Starbuck's, Orange, and Sony PSP. He is also a co-founder of the art collaborative, OAR.

Customer Reviews

Simple and lovely (2008-09-01)

There's something very soothing and calming about this book, which makes it perfect for bedtime. The story is simple, the illustrations are beautiful, and we all feel good when we read it. My two-year-old son absolutely loves it, and I do too.

We all Love it! (2008-08-23)

I bought this book & cd for my daughter last year, and still listens to it every night since then! Mum, dad and daughter all love this wonderful story.We will be buying lost & found as well as way back home as I found out they are also out in book & cd.We are big fans and hope Oliver Jeffers keeps writting wonderful books like this.

fly me to the moon (2008-01-25)

amongst one of the most beautiful contemporary children books i have read.it is the innocent and very basic style in which children are encouraged to dream and reach out for the impossible and get motivated to fuel their imagination with creative thinking and alternative solutions to seemingly unachievable tasks. i consider it the very skill of a good children book to not mock or burst a bubble but offer a beautiful alternative to the unachievable. Oliver Jeffers always has a nice twist in his books and heartbreaking illustrations of the yearnings and hopes of his characters. every child needs to read or be read a book like this. the only equivalenti know is a book about a bear who wants to reach the moon. a book that is decades old and whose title i cant currently recall- but it still sits in a box in the house i grew up in surrounded by other books that shaped the very me- why i think a good choice of book for your children is invaluable- and i believe this one is a very good choice that will hopefully get passed on to as many generations possible.enjoy.

Beautiful modern book for young children. (2007-11-25)

This is a lovely book. I was drawn to buy it from the great reviews it had received and I'm truly glad I did. The story is so poignant that I actually feel quite tearful each time I read it and my 34 month old absolutely adores it - I don't think she quite understands the concept of trying to catch star as she told me the other day that she wants to buy the moon in Tesco! However, it's the futility of trying to catch a real star that makes this story so sad but so sweet at the same time - and the ending, without wanting to spoil it, is perfect. The illustrations are just beautiful and the story is brilliant. I can't put this one down. I usually prefer classic children's stories as I can't bare 'political correctness' but this story is wonderful. I can't wait for my 12 month old to get into it too. Oliver Jeffers is a genius.

Charming (2007-08-18)

Bought on the strength of the other customer reviews and I wasn't disappointed. It's a bit old for my 14 month old (illustrations are beautiful but a bit sophisticated at this age), but I can see it's going to become a bedtime classic.A heart warming tale - this is magical reading!

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