A Child of Books

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New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers and fine artist Sam Winston’s lyrical picture book inspires readers of all ages to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine. Combining elegant illustrations by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston’s astonishing typographical landscapes , this is the perfect picture book for Christmas.

It means, that rather like the intricacies of a pop up book such as My First Pop-Up Mythological Monsters, Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers engineer us . This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). This text in the pictures comes from famous classic tales such as Hansel and Gretel and Alice in Wonderland.It is a lovey story and very focused on a love of books, which is something that we both hope to instill into our child. This delightful treasure hunt through children's literature will have you digging through your bookshelves, hunting for forgotten phrases and making room among the tomes for this book. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! This hardback book is an interesting read and will capture the hearts of many adults but I don't think many children will enjoy this without a lot of explanation. He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels.

Interesting detailed drawings that could be great conversation starters for younger children, but I think this treasure is the PERFECT gift for the older (teen and up) book lover.C., MoMA NYC and Stanford University, among many others, all hold his artist’s books in their permanent collections.

From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers, creator of The Day the Crayons Quit and Lost and Found, and typographical artist Sam Winston comes an exceptional new picture book. Use this wholly original celebration of the story as a jumping-off point for conversations about art and writing. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! There are drawings of the young girls and boy along with printed images or photographs and actual text making up pictures. 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.Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Oliver Jeffers is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including Once Upon an Alphabet, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Lost and Found, which was a Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Medal winner. The main idea of the story is about how reading a book can unlock a world of imagination but this idea won't make sense to children who just haven't had that experience yet. Every one of its elements--the haunting prose poem executed in hand- lettered words; the pictures done in watercolor, pencil, and digital collage; and the objects built from words borrowed from classic stories--all work together toward a richly harmonious whole. I think it's a nice book and a nice sort of ode to reading but it just didn't have as much appeal to me as it seems to have with other reviewers.