A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture-book maker, Oliver Jeffers. Read by Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant, these captivating stories are brought to life with music and sound effects. A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture-book maker, Oliver Jeffers. Read by Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant, these captivating stories are brought to life with music and sound effects. Stretching from the moon all the way to the South Pole, follow the boy and the penguin on their adventures as they reach for the stars and try to fly away. Featuring: How to Catch a StarLost and FoundThe Way Back HomeUp and Down Praise for HOW TO CATCH A STAR: “…the best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding” Telegraph “Hail to new talent… If only all picture books could be this good" The Bookseller Praise for LOST AND FOUND “My picture book of the year, a joyful exploration of the power of friendship.” Irish Independent “An uplifting story…pictures of such spare beauty…suffused with a dreamlike quality.” Independent Online Praise for UP AND DOWN “Full of heart” Irish Times "Visually witty, poignant and spare, it is sure to stoke the author's huge popularity" Culture, Sunday Times Four captivating stories including How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories. From his much-loved debut, How to Catch a Star, he has gone on to create a collection of award-winning and bestselling picture books, which have been translated all over the globe, including the New York Times number 1 bestseller and TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year, Here We Are. Oliver is from Belfast and now lives and works in Brooklyn. He has rudimentary building skills, but a lot of imagination and some new team mates. Four captivating stories including How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found • Oliver is one of the most important and talented artists in today’s market, whose picture books have been translated in to 46 languages, selling more than 16 million copies worldwide [Bids Jan 21, including US sales of Crayons books] • 2014 saw the 10th anniversary of Oliver’s debut picture book How to Catch a Star, with media, marketing and publicity raising the profile of all of Oliver’s books. • Oliver has been the recipient of some of children's books highest accolades, including the Nestlé Gold Medal for Lost and Found and the Irish Picture Book of the Year for The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Other award-winning titles include The Way Back Home, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. An animated film of Lost and Found won a BAFTA for Best Animation in 2009. • Here We Are was a New York Times #1 Best Seller in first week of publication and won #1 TIME Best Book of the Year for 2017, selling over 1 million copies worldwide • Oliver Jeffers won Gold in the new ‘Audio Performer of the Year’ category at the Audio Production Awards, 2018, for his narration of Here We Are. • Check out Oliver’s fantastic website at www.oliverjeffersworld.com Competition: How to Catch a Star;Lost and Found;Stuck;Day Crayons Quit;Came Home;Up and Down; The;Way Back Home;Storm Whale;Lost Words;Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse;Meanwhile Back on Earth. by;Oliver Jeffers;Jim Field;Benji Davies;Rachel Bright;Charlie Mackesy;Drew Daywalt
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