It made me realise that while losing someone is, indeed, horrible but shutting yourself away in a protective shell doesn't help the situation nor is it something that person would ever want. Personally I wasn't sure about the illustrations, they're quite stylised, but this book has quickly become one of my son's favourites.

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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

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They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. Not sure how to explain it best: the prose is so nicely paced and there's a really good ratio of illustrations to words (more pictures than words), yet there's still a proper narrative to the book. 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. 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.

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. An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. Once there was a boy who loved stars so much that he decided he wanted to catch one of his very own. 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.

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. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York.Celebrate the 10th anniversary of How to Catch a Star with this new toddler-friendly board book edition! It is an easy, quick read and I’d say Early years children would enjoy it mostly but it would also make a great book for young readers too. 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 a creative, brilliant author that really shows his amazing imagination through his books. And I don't think I would have been as lucky as finding someone "small and still curious about the world" like she had.