How to Catch a Star

Name: How to Catch a Star
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Oliver Jeffers
ISBN: 9780007571239

Author: Oliver Jeffers

Narrator: Paul McGann

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 04/24/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Action & Adventure Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. The original debut picture book from shining talent Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. 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. So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own…

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on July 04, 2020

Really cute illustrations, loved by both my nephews. Would be really useful as an early years science prompt.......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on November 28, 2017

Great illustrations as always. Lovely story line but could’ve done with a little more depth. Although, I think the one thing we can take from it is that you can wait for a long time, try and try again but fail. However, what you were looking for was right under your nose the whole time.......more

Goodreads review by Arghoon on August 19, 2022

He thought he could fly up in his spaceship and just grab the star. but his spaceship had run out of petrol last Tuesday when he flew to the moon.......more

Quotes

“…the best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding” Telegraph “If only all picture books could be this good" The Bookseller “This is a magical, beautifully illustrated tale about reaching for dreams… Adults tend to think of waiting as tedious, but the magic of this book is that it understands waiting as children wait – alert, apprehensive and using their imaginations.” Mail on Sunday