How to Catch a Star -- Oliver Jeffers, Hardcover

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes a story about wishing, persevering, and reaching for the stars.

Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. 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.

Oliver Jeffers offers a simple, childlike tale of reaching for the stars, and emerging with a friend.

Author: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 06/03/2004
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.50h x 10.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780399242861
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 79177 / How to Catch a Star


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2004 pg. 1942
School Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 169
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 319 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Booksense '76 Childrens Aut 04 09/01/2004 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2004 pg. 319 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Oliver Jeffers (www.oliverjeffersworld.com) makes art and tells stories. 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.K. and was later adapted into an award-winning animated film; The Way Back Home; The Incredible Book Eating Boy; The Great Paper Caper; The Heart and the Bottle, which was made into a highly acclaimed iPad application narrated by Helena Bonham Carter; Up and Down, the New York Times bestselling Stuck; The Hueys in the New Sweater, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and This Moose Belongs to Me, a New York Times bestseller. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.