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Thanks to HarperCollins for sending this to the BookBag. Definitely worth a look, worth a read and, if it's your thing, worth buying too, for all pre-schoolers aged 2.5 to about 4. I am generally a word-oriented reader, and thus I would give this book 4 stars, those who buy their picture books more for pictures, it would be probably a 4.5 if not 5 star example. Mountains: mostly large spaces filled with colour and the contrastingly small characters doing whatever they were doing according to a logic of a children's fantasy or a dream. I particularly liked all the double-spreads with sky, sea, space and It works perfectly with the story, and lifts it from a simple tale to a dreamlike quality that will captivate not only children but many an adult too. It's delicate, mesmerising and sophisticated, cartoony and simple, almost minimalist, but also utterly magical subtle and rich. But of course the story comes to life and reaches a completely different level thanks to the wonderful artwork that has became Jeffers' trademark. The story is OK: nothing special in itself, but a nice, simple tale with a bit of moral and a great sweep of 'everything is possible' so typical of children's imagination. They make friends and together they find a way to help each other get out of the scrape. After running out of petrol, he finds himself stuck on the moon with an alien who had just crash landed there too. This time Boy finds an aeroplane in the cupboard and decides to give it a ride. The Way Back Home returns to his character called simply Boy, known from his How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found. Oliver Jeffers has achieved pretty universal acclaim in the world of pictureīooks: critical acclaim, rewards and popularity with readers. Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books Summary: Captivating, distinctive artwork of the highest quality and a decent story make this picture book definitely worth a look, worth a read and, if it's your thing, worth buying too.

Way back home