Where to Hide a Star

Oliver Jeffers

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HARPER360
01 October 2024

Children's & Educational; Picture books: character books; Picture storybooks; Romance & relationships stories (Children's&YA); Animal stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's&YA)

ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Amongst the most popular books of the successful Oliver Jeffers are the ones with the Boy and the Penguin and the Star (Lost and Found/Up and Down/How to Catch a Star), so it is a delight to see this new book which brings them all back!

The three of them like to play hide and seek, though the boy usually does the seeking because he's the only one who can count, and the star is easy to find because it can't hide, but they enjoy their routine. One day though the star is extra hard to find, so the boy calls his Martian friend to help. Meanwhile near the North Pole a girl dreams of having a star for a friend...

A gorgeous book with a great deal of heart, illustrated in Jeffers' trademark simplicity with swathes of colour and expression. Copies come with signed bookplates (while stocks last)! Lindy

Celebrate twenty years of The Boy in this highly anticipated new adventure from the internationally bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found Oliver Jeffers!

Once there was a boy who would often play hide-and-seek with his friends the star and the penguin. The star was always easy to find, but one day it went missing. So, the boy radioed the Martian for help and soon found himself on an exciting spaceship rescue mission to the North Pole! But there, he discovered that he wasn’t the only one who had always dreamed of having a star as a friend…

The out-of-this-world, long-awaited sequel to the much-loved Boy stories, loved all around the world – now introducing a brand-new character!

By: Oliver Jeffers
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 271mm, Width: 265mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9780008579685
ISBN 10: 0008579687
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 3 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Oliver Jeffers is a highly acclaimed talent in picture books. He graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours and has since exhibited his paintings around the world. His outstanding talent has already been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award, the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Irish Children's Book of the Year. www.oliverjeffers.com

Reviews for Where to Hide a Star

"Praise for HOW TO CATCH A STAR: “The best recent picture book by light years … stylishly spellbinding” Telegraph “Hail to new talent … if only all picture books could be this good” Bookseller Praise for LOST AND FOUND: “A heart-warming story” Guardian “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"" Culture, Sunday Times"