What Well Build, Oliver Jeffers
What Well Build, Oliver Jeffers
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What We'll Build
Plans For Our Together Future

Author: Oliver Jeffers

Narrator: Oliver Jeffers

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2021


Synopsis

An instant New York Times bestseller!

From Oliver Jeffers, world-renowned picture book creator and illustrator of The Crayons' Christmas, comes a gorgeously told father-daughter story and companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are!

What shall we build, you and I?
Let's gather all our tools for a start.
For putting together . . .
and taking apart.

A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work, building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe, and love to keep them warm.

A rare and enduring story about a parent's boundless love, life's endless opportunities, and all we need to build a together future. The perfect baby shower gift or gift for new parents!

Praise for What We'll Build:

"[Has] the offbeat, sweet style Jeffers' fans know and love." --Kirkus Reviews

"An intensely personal statement of intergenerational fellowship and an obvious pick for library shelves best explored at home." --School Library Journal

"Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share." --Booklist

"Stroked in generous swaths of warm color and Jeffers's signature childlike scribbles . . . .. Jeffers's benediction portrays a parent who surrounds his child with love and steadies her as she learns how to bring her dreams to fruition." --Publishers Weekly

About The Author

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 #1 New York Times bestseller and TIME Best Book of the Year Here We Are. Oliver is from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and young children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary on January 27, 2022

Lots of readers have really enjoyed this one. It seemed to me that this book was written for the parent rather than the child. I found it too shmaltzy, this tries to encompass everything in the universe in one small story that is saying a parent wants to do the best for their child.......more

Goodreads review by Mrs on August 28, 2020

'What shall we build, you and I?' Just when you think Oliver Jeffers' work can't get any better, he releases yet another stunner. Every bit as wonderful as his other books 'What We'll Build' is the story of parenthood; the hopes and dreams we have for our children's futures, the protection we give th......more

Goodreads review by Ghazaal on January 06, 2021

[At age of 28] I wish somebody read this to me as I fell asleep [slowly, and then all at once].. 🥺......more

Goodreads review by Kokelector on May 02, 2022

Si no se te ha cruzado por la cabeza ser madre o padre, este libro no es para ti, porque quizás cambies de parecer. Una pregunta simple que realiza el autor a su hija una vez que nace: ¿Qué construiremos juntos? Y comenzamos la aventura de llevar nuestro amor a límites que no conocíamos. Lo leí al f......more

Goodreads review by Amber on October 06, 2020

I'm not sure why this didn't resonate with me. I loved Here We Are so much, I've purchased a copy for every single friend who showed up pregnant in the past year and a half. What We'll Build...fell flat. I wasn't awe-inspired by the art or the words. It was just...fine. I hope it means the world to......more


Quotes

"Jeffers fills the pages with . . .  a giggle-inducing assortment of creatures . . . . it has the offbeat, sweet style Jeffers’ fans know and love." --Kirkus Reviews