![]() Because as he says I don't believe they are just for children. Strangely the day after reading I picked up the Guardian and there was an article by Jeffers about the debt he owes to Maurice Sendak (that's why the boy in his first picture books has a stripey jumper, an homage to his favourite monster in Where the Wild Things Are) and also how his books are not children's books, but simply picture books. In this one a boy gets his kite stuck up a tree and throws a shoe to dislodge, but the shoe gets stuck as well, so he throws other things up and they all get stuck, so then he fetches a ladder, and. I have to say they are just about perfect. ![]() This time it was two Oliver Jeffers' books (this one and The Incredible Book Eating Boy). ![]() Clare (my wife) is an infant teacher, but she's recently been tasked with setting up and stocking the library, so she occasionally brings home books to show me. ![]()
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