The Way Back Home
£2.56
A charming surreal story with stylized quirky illustrations - This lovely picture book has fantastic quirky stylized pictures, with an endearingly quirky story to match. The boy finds an old fashioned aeroplane, there s a good sequence of illustrations as he dons flying helmet, jacket and goggles, and then off he flies until he runs out of petrol at the moon. As he begins to get lonely and afraid, a delightful little green alien becomes stuck on the moon with engine failure and they become friends. There s another lovely sequence of illustrations as the two marooned explorers think together about how to get them both back home, and they then succeed in a rather foolish and surreal but amusing fashion. Then just as you think the story is finished you turn over to the very last page and there s an extra smile for the reader, and a what do you think happens next addition to the story. Also, if you bother with author biographies, it s a lovely to have a picture of Jeffers as a boy and my children are fascinated by his having a green brother - a lovely touch. This is my favourite of the boy s adventures so far, which seem to be getting increasingly original - though I do also recommend the others. All three books are entirely stand alone, though it is fun for the child who is familiar with the other two to spot the penguin from `Lost and Found and the rocket from `How to Catch a Star appearing in the pictures of this one. This is a very enjoyable book to read to your children and I thoroughly recommend it for 2-5s.
Wonderful! - This book was a panic buy - I was on holiday with my 4 children and had forgotten their favourite bedtime stories. I rushed into an English bookshop in the Algarve, grabbed the first book that looked suitable and read it, that afternoon, to 3 of the kids (16 months, 3 years & 6 years). I haven t stopped reading it since! My 16 month old points to the beautiful illustrations and babbles constantly, my 3 year old is fascinated and talks about the book all the time (he even imagines he s the little boy) and my 6 year old really enjoyed the story and was delighted when he spotted the penguin (apparently from the book Lost & Found which he d read at school). The story is original and just seems to capture the childrens imaginations beautifully. Don t hesitate - buy this book! I m now going to order some other books by this author!
Another cracker by Oliver Jeffers - My 3 year old has all 3, and he loves them all. This is the newest of his collection being a present for Christmas, and he loves the tales of the little boy. Great books for wild imaginations.Keep them coming!
A charming surreal story with quirky stylized illustrations - This lovely picture book has great stylized pictures, with an endearingly quirky story to match. The boy finds an old fashioned aeroplane and there s a good sequence of illustrations as he dons flying helmet, jacket and goggles. Off he flies until he runs out of petrol at the moon. Just as he begins to get lonely and afraid, a delightful little green alien with engine failure also becomes stuck on the moon and they become friends. There s a second lovely sequence of illustrations as the two marooned explorers think together about how to get them both back home and they then succeed in a rather foolish and surreal but amusing fashion. Finally, just as you think the story is finished you turn over to the very last page and there s an extra smile for the reader, and a what do you think happens next addition to the story. Also, if you bother with author biographies, it s a lovely to have a picture of Jeffers as a boy and my children are fascinated by his having a green brother - a lovely touch. This is my favourite of the boy s adventures so far, which seem to be getting increasingly original - though I do also recommend the others. All three books are entirely stand alone, though it is fun for the child who is familiar with the other two to spot the penguin from `Lost and Found and the rocket from `How to Catch a Star appearing in the pictures of this one. This is a very enjoyable book to read to your children and I thoroughly recommend it for 2-5s.
Another corker - This book is crammed full of fantastic art from what must be one of the best childrens authors for a long time. It s cute and stylish, unmistakably Oliver Jeffers.I don t think the story is as strong as his other books, but it is still a great story, and the very last page is brilliant!A little boy flies his plane higher and higher until he runs out of petrol and becomes stranded on the moon, thankfully he manages to make a friend when a passing Martian crash lands after his engine fails. Will they both make it back home? And will they ever speak again?