Oliver Jeffers (www.oliverjeffersworld.com) makes art and tells stories. In addition to illustrating The Day the Crayons Quit, 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. Follow Oliver @OliverJeffers.
Praise for ONCE UPON AN ALPHABET:
An Amazon Best Book of 2014!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year!
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!
* "The silly, spare, slightly surreal text occasionally rhymes and
endlessly surprises. An utterly delightful alphabet
book."–Kirkus Review, starred review
* "With wry humor, equally droll ink illustrations, and a solid
dose of alliteration, Jeffers creates delightful mini-narratives
for each letter of the alphabet."–Publishers Weekly, starred
review
* "An altogether stimulating, surprising, and satisfying
reading experience."–School Library Journal, starred review
* "Whimsical, funny, occasionally tragic, and highly entertaining,
this collection of (sometimes) interlocking tales is brilliantly
inventive."–Horn Book, starred review
"Jeffers knows how to catch the attention of his young audience
while challenging their imagination, intellect and vocabulary. This
whimsical exploration of letters and language begs to be read over
and over again."–BookPage"Handsome, humorous and clad in bright
tomato-red, [this] is the sort of book you may want to rush
into the arms of imaginative, good-natured children between 4 and
10 years old. [T]his is no traditional abecedarian exercise.The
stories are wonderfully varied, sometimes philosophical and often
end surprisingly; the drawings are just as quirky and
unpredictable."–The Wall Street Journal
"[W]itty from A to Z . . . no one would blame you for having a copy
even if there are no kids in the house. Think of it as Edward
Gorey for the preschool set — and their hip parents."–The
Washington Post "Jeffers knows how to catch the attention of
his young audience while challenging their imagination, intellect
and vocabulary. This whimsical exploration of letters and language
begs to be read over and over again."--Book Page
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