This year marks the 10th anniversary of the classic book “How to Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers. To celebrate , we were sent a special 10th anniversary box with a copy of the book for ourselves, one to give away to one of you, and a few little extras.
I don’t know how come, but we had never read this book before! It is really lovely though, so I’m glad we had the chance to be introduced to it. All the boys really enjoyed the story and I love the beautiful soft illustration style.
The story was perfect for Mr T and Mr R who are 4 years old and 2.5. They loved spotting all the stars, and putting stars of their own on the pages while we read the story.
The story tells of a little boy who loves the stars and really wants one to keep for his very own, so he sets about thinking of all the ways he could try to catch one from the sky.
He even tries to catch the star’s reflections from the water, but that won’t work either. It’s a very sweet book about how much this little boy tries, and the boys were always interested to see what he was going to try next!
We have been doing lots of activities around the book to extend our discussion on the story, so look out for my post soon showing these.
You can also download your free printable activity sheets here, to enjoy alongside the book.
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March 19, 2014 @ 11:02 am
These would be new to us,it looks like a beautiful book and very enjoyable.
March 19, 2014 @ 11:20 am
These would be completely new to us, they look lovely, my son would really enjoy them.
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March 19, 2014 @ 11:24 am
this would be a new book for us. The graphics look lovely.
March 19, 2014 @ 11:30 am
Yes, we all know this fabulous author and have ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’!
March 19, 2014 @ 11:46 am
No, my children are not faniliar with this author, but I will definitely look at his books!
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March 19, 2014 @ 11:48 am
My children are not familiar with his books
March 19, 2014 @ 11:50 am
My children aren’t familiar with Oliver Jeffers books.
March 19, 2014 @ 1:04 pm
me and my children are not familiar with oliver jeffers books but thanks for the chance to be
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March 19, 2014 @ 1:43 pm
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March 19, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
They would be new to them
March 19, 2014 @ 1:53 pm
No, this author and book are new to me (us). Looks like a charming book.
March 19, 2014 @ 2:14 pm
Not yet familiar, author noted !
March 19, 2014 @ 2:44 pm
I don’t think I’ve read any before, so they would be new to us 🙂
March 19, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
new to me and the family
March 19, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
They are new to the family but look very good.
March 19, 2014 @ 6:14 pm
yes please this look so good
March 19, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
I’ve heard of some of his books but my daughter has never read one.
March 19, 2014 @ 7:10 pm
Are your children already familiar with Oliver Jeffers books or would they be new to you
They are new to me currently but l will be introducing Jake to them soon
March 19, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
We have lost and found and have watched the short video too! We love it – its such a lovely book!
March 19, 2014 @ 8:46 pm
This would be new to me
March 20, 2014 @ 9:07 am
We absolutely love Oliver Jeffers and we are huge fans of Lost and Found (there is also an animated movie of this tale which is just beautiful to watch). How to Catch a Star is classic Jeffers and the end can’t fail to bring a smile to your face. Can’t wait to see your activities. Thank you so much for linking up with #kidsbookaweek
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March 20, 2014 @ 9:48 am
This author & these books would be new to us. What a fabulous opportunity thank you.
March 20, 2014 @ 10:25 am
This would be new for us 🙂
March 20, 2014 @ 12:42 pm
Not familiar but they sound wonderful for children and adults.(kids at heart)
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March 20, 2014 @ 1:20 pm
ALL NEW TO US
March 20, 2014 @ 8:45 pm
It would be new to me 🙂
March 20, 2014 @ 10:37 pm
We absolutely adore Oliver Jeffers – a lot of my favourite books are Oliver Jeffers books and ‘The Heart and the Bottle’ is one of my all time faves. Interestingly enough – this one is one of the few Oliver Jeffers books that I don’t have on my bookshelves.
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March 21, 2014 @ 8:53 am
We can’t get enough Oliver Jeffers here – love the illustrations especially! 🙂
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March 21, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
They’d be new to us, I’ve never heard of him before but they all look good!
March 21, 2014 @ 9:59 pm
We have read Lost and Found and it was a great book.
March 22, 2014 @ 3:09 am
Familiar since reading this blog post !
March 22, 2014 @ 7:24 pm
Ive never had the pleasure of trying any of these books
March 23, 2014 @ 11:45 am
I have heard of them – the pop up books in the collections are great x
March 23, 2014 @ 3:01 pm
No they are not familar with Oliver Jeffers books.
March 23, 2014 @ 3:10 pm
This would be new to our family, but Oliver Jeffers books look great!
March 23, 2014 @ 3:43 pm
We’re not familiar with Oliver Jeffer’s yet……….
March 23, 2014 @ 7:22 pm
No they are not familiar with the books, it would be new to them.
March 24, 2014 @ 1:33 pm
No, my children are not already familiar with Oliver Jeffers’ books. They are new to us.
March 24, 2014 @ 5:03 pm
I think these books are new to my grandkids
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March 25, 2014 @ 4:09 pm
We love Oliver Jeffers’ work, our favourite book is Lost and Found, we also love the shortfilm they make based on his story, it’s just brilliant!
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March 25, 2014 @ 4:44 pm
His books would be new to our family – unless the kids looked at them at school.
March 25, 2014 @ 7:02 pm
His books would be new to us. My grandsons would really enjoy this!
March 28, 2014 @ 7:30 am
These books would be new to us and my son would love them
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March 28, 2014 @ 9:01 am
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March 28, 2014 @ 10:00 pm
We haven’t read these yet but my daughter will love them!
March 29, 2014 @ 7:51 pm
the book is new to us, but looks interesting enough on a bedtime reading with my daughter.
April 2, 2014 @ 12:42 am
She would be new to his books. But I think that she would enjoy this a lot! 🙂 Looks like an adorable book.
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April 2, 2014 @ 9:00 am
These would be new for us
April 2, 2014 @ 3:02 pm
This would be a new book experience for my son 🙂
April 4, 2014 @ 1:22 am
This would be new to me
April 5, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
No, I’ve not seen this before, it looks entrancing.
April 6, 2014 @ 6:33 pm
This would be new to us but it looks beautiful
April 6, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
no, ive not seen them yet
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April 9, 2014 @ 3:31 am
My grandson is not familiar with Oliver Jeffers books.
April 9, 2014 @ 7:31 am
This would be for my grandson & I don’t think they have any of his books as yet.
April 9, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
They would be new
April 10, 2014 @ 1:34 pm
We haven’t read any Oliver Jeffers books yet but would love to as I love reading with my son
April 10, 2014 @ 4:23 pm
This book would be new to my family. I’m surprised I haven’t come across it before! My kids are big book kids.
April 11, 2014 @ 9:52 pm
We have This Moose Belongs To Me and my son insists on reading it at least three times during the day and twice before bedtime. Would love this one 🙂 x
April 13, 2014 @ 10:20 pm
This would be new to us xx
April 14, 2014 @ 5:06 am
Neither I nor the kid here knows about the author since we live in Finland, we mostly read Finnish books. Anyway, it’d be a good start for my kid in English study. Thanks for the giveaway, such a lovely book.
April 14, 2014 @ 3:39 pm
These would be totally new to me, I have never come across this book before.
I am expanding my little boys book collection at the moment and just started reading to him as he is only 12 weeks old.
April 14, 2014 @ 9:59 pm
We aren’t familiar with Oliver Jeffers books
April 15, 2014 @ 10:54 am
It would be new for my son hes just getting into books now and he loves finding new ones
April 16, 2014 @ 4:36 am
These would be new to us. I love to read to my kids but we have not read this one yet.
April 16, 2014 @ 2:40 pm
How to catch a star is one of the favourites in our house!
April 16, 2014 @ 9:09 pm
This would be new to us.
April 17, 2014 @ 7:27 am
Love these books
April 17, 2014 @ 7:59 am
These would be completely new to us! But sound great think my boys would love them!!!
April 17, 2014 @ 11:58 am
WERE NOT, BUT MY LITTLE BOY HAS ONLY JUST TURNED ONE SO WERE DISCOVERING NEW PEOPLE EVERYDAY!
April 17, 2014 @ 1:39 pm
No its not an author we are familiar with , however this looks lovely
April 17, 2014 @ 7:20 pm
These would be completely new to us! 🙂
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April 17, 2014 @ 7:40 pm
Would be a bit new to us 🙂
April 18, 2014 @ 4:43 am
They would be new to us. I have never heard of him before but I look forward to checking it out 😀
April 18, 2014 @ 6:57 am
We like Lost and Found.
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April 18, 2014 @ 7:55 am
They would be new to us, although my 2 oldest boys (3 and 2 year olds) have seen this book and love it, I would really like to give them one x x
April 18, 2014 @ 8:23 am
would be new to us. Looks interesting;)
April 18, 2014 @ 10:24 am
He would be brand new; he is very young but would be good to get him reading ASAP 😉
April 18, 2014 @ 11:26 am
These books are new to me and my kids,and i would love to explore it with my kids~
April 18, 2014 @ 2:20 pm
These are new to us so very interesting!! 🙂
April 18, 2014 @ 2:24 pm
Well, my first child is only 5 months old, the author would be new to her. Thank you!
April 18, 2014 @ 3:29 pm
This author is new to us, we haven’t heard of him before. His books look great though x
April 18, 2014 @ 4:10 pm
His books are new to us but I’m looking forward to checking them out
April 18, 2014 @ 4:30 pm
no we were unaware of them until i recently heard about this book
April 18, 2014 @ 5:32 pm
Would be new to me 🙂
April 18, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
My children are not familiar with Oliver Jeffers books. He would be a new author to them.
April 18, 2014 @ 6:31 pm
We love Lost and Found but that is the only one we know!
April 18, 2014 @ 6:36 pm
Oliver Jeffers books are new to us.
April 18, 2014 @ 7:21 pm
They would be new to him 🙂
April 18, 2014 @ 7:54 pm
We haven’t read any Oliver Jeffers books, from your review this one looks great.
April 18, 2014 @ 8:00 pm
My children are not familiar with his books
April 18, 2014 @ 8:03 pm
my children are not familiar with the books
April 18, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
We are not yet familiar with his books.
April 18, 2014 @ 10:19 pm
we haven’t seen any yet so they would be new to us.
April 18, 2014 @ 10:49 pm
We have a copy of How to Catch a Star but it would be lovely to have the anniversary adition to save. I have books that were put aside for me as a child. They’re very special to me and remind me of bedtimes reading with my mum.
April 19, 2014 @ 12:36 am
New to my family but we love them now we’ve had a chance to read them 🙂
April 19, 2014 @ 12:39 am
No. they haven’t heard of the auther. so gonna be new