Books by Oliver Jeffers
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review 1: I am and Oliver Jeffers fan and I love this book.In the forest, animals enter their homes from a door in a tree, then climb down a ladder to their abode. But then something strange begins to happen - branches are being sawed from trees. So an investigation begins ... and after th...
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review 1: Marcel… or is it Rodrigo is just a moose, a simple moose that does not do a very good job of following the very specific rules laid out by his “owner” Wilfred. From our outside perspective, we readers enjoy seeing how the moose goes about doing his moosey business, eating apples ...
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review 1: Honestly, I can't say why this one charmed me. There are plenty of picture books about following the crowd, and many of them use penguins, of which I am inordinately fond. This uses strangely egg-like beings called Hueys. And where I admire the ability of artists like Mo Willems ...
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review 1: Oh how much do I love this book. LOVE.It was quite unexpected. I was expecting something fun and a little funny, but this one tug at my heart strings. I felt my eyes welling up.It's about being youthful with endless possibilities and suddenly tragedy strikes, like a loss, and t...
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review 1: I am a fan of Oliver Jeffers wonderful books. This book is no exception. It is a clever alphabet story where each one of the letters in the alphabet has a story to tell with creative rhyme, fun facts and hilarious endings. There are great connections throughout the story and I...
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review 1: A bear clad in a lumberjack hat is trying to fulfill his greatest destiny passed on through the generations. I will not tell you what this destiny is, but in order to accomplish it, he must chop off branches and cut down trees. This becomes problematic for the little community of...
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review 1: As I read The Great Paper Caper I thought it was clever that on almost every page while the other creatures are investigating you see the bear in the background cutting down branches and trees, carrying stacks of paper, and making paper airplanes. Also, in the illustrations all t...
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review 1: Wilfred owns a moose that he just KNEW was meant to be his and names him Marcel. In the beginning, he follows Marcel and explains all of the rules of how to be a good pet. There are certain rules that Marcel follows like but he doesn’t follow other rules, like staying close, so W...
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review 1: New York Times Bestseller, Oliver Jeffers is back with this delightful read about being different. Here he introduces the Hueys. They are simple oval beings that are all the same. They do the same things and wear the same stuff. Then one day, Rupert knits himself a sweater. To be...
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review 1: This was book was regarding conformity. It reminded me of those teenagers who rebel against their parents and try to be their "own person," yet end up looking exactly the same as every other rebellious teenager. Not a bad book, just not one I like enough to add to my picture bo...
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review 1: Cute little story about little odd shaped egg "people". In the beginning, all of The Hueys are the exact same. One of them decides to switch things up by making a sweater. Of course, he stands out and begins to feel left out. Then someone else comes up with the idea to wear the s...
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review 1: I liked the book . But my four year old daughter does not seem to like the fact that the uncle/dad went missing . She disapproved of this book, and my 7 year old niece was also not very much impressed with the book . Wouldnt recommend for any kid unless you would want to test t...
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review 1: A girl loses her father and decides to put her heart in a safe place: a bottle she keeps around her neck. However, as the years go on, the safe place becomes a prison and she has to find a way to bring back her heart, and along with it her excitement, curiosity, and enthusiasm.I ...
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review 1: The Heart and the Bottle features the story of a very curious young girl. While the girl's father is never mentioned in the text, the first few pages show her exploring the world with her father. One day, she finds the chair that her father always sits in empty. Older readers wil...
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review 1: Like many of us, the Hueys find themselves drawn into an argument that becomes increasingly intense. But who knows how the conflict started or what they are even arguing about. Even that provides fodder for more disagreement. Gillespie solves the problem by distracting them with ...
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review 1: Ok let's just start with the two Hueys on the title page who are holding up fingers to indicate "Zero, one, two, three." They totally look like they are throwing up gang signs, and I LOVE THAT.Then let's address the fact that FOUR is the number of tantrums Kevin throws every day....
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review 1: This was a Conor favorite, as are many of Jeffers' titles. It has characters that are fun to voice when reading aloud, a series of pages for counting fun objects up to 10, and of course the deep philosophical question: Is none a number? We had fun discussing what none means. Th...