An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. 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. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Personally I wasn't sure about the illustrations, they're quite stylised, but this book has quickly become one of my son's favourites. Update: have seen some more of this author's work for slightly older children and appreciate the illustrations and the quirky style a bit better now. His outstanding talent has been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award. 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. And I don't think I would have been as lucky as finding someone "small and still curious about the world" like she had.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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. He graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours and has since exhibited his paintings around the world.

They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. His books include How to Catch a Star; Lost and Found , which was the recipient of the prestigious Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award in the U.

So one day, he decided to catch a star of his very own… From the shining talent of Oliver Jeffers, winner of the Bisto Award, this inspirational, glittering story captures the magic of reaching for dreams. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of How to Catch a Star with this new toddler-friendly board book edition!

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. Oliver Jeffers offers a simple, childlike tale of reaching for the stars, and emerging with a friend. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York.We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.