How to Catch a Star was the first book of one of our favourite children’s book authors, Oliver Jeffers and this year Jeffers’ masterpiece celebrates his 10th anniversary.
To celeberate, Jeffers, who has also written The Moose Belongs To Me or The Day The Crayons Quit, and his publisher Harper Collins have brought out a special anniversary edition that you can win a little further down. Before we get to the giveaway however, I would like to tell you a little more about this wonderful book.
What is How To Catch A Star about?
How to Catch a Star tells the story of a little boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his own. One night, while watching the stars, he decides to go on an adventure to catch his very own star, but things are harder than expected and he has to overcome trees that don’t reach the sky and rockets that have run out of petrol. Will he find a star? You will have to read the book yourself, but don’t worry it’s a lovely book that all your family will enjoy.
It’s written in a way that even the youngest readers will understand and the illustrations are colourful and invite to explore and discuss each page. For more ideas and fun activities, check out thes How To Catch A Star activity sheets which you can download for free and as often as you want. Amy had a lot of fun with them, especially the Spot The Difference sheet and Find a Star. Also, check out all the amazing star activities that Jennie from Edspire has come up with for her twins – wonderful ideas for pre-schoolers combining messy play, creativity and crafts.
If you want to find out a little more about the man behind How to Catch a Star or The Day the Crayons quit, make sure to watch the video below. It gives a great insight into Oliver’s life and his passion for picture books:
If you would like to win the anniversary edition of How To Catch A Star by Oliver Jeffers, all you have to do is follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
Sparkle!
Aw I adore Oliver Jeffers books. I bought this one for one of my nephews a few years ago, and I remember cooing over it for ages in the book shop before buying it.
I’d call it ‘Star!’
Sidney star
Lucky
I’d name is dbl my kids initials
Mozart, I have my reasons!
lucky xx
My daughter says she would call a star Bronto!
Starlight x
Fred!
Starlet
North 🙂
Trinity after my little girl. (Rebecca Beesley)
Stella
Brilliant Jasmine
My 4 year old daughter would call it Pointy! Think I would take her advice 🙂
Belle
NuNu – my sons nickname
Katie Amie 🙂 my girls names
Bubba
Bella
Alibella- a mixture of Alice and Isabella my 2 daughters
Oscar after my doggy 🙂
Sparkle
I would name my star Twinkle 🙂
Leila
Twinkle
Twinkle 🙂
If I could catch a star, I would name it ‘Twink’ – I was obsessed with Rainbow Brite when I was a little girl!!
Cosmo
I’d be tempted to name it something unpronounceable… just for the hell of it!
Fred A Star
i’d name it Kym after my precious childhood dog <3
Elija, by my little girl 🙂
I would call it Twinkle 🙂
Bob :p
Peenut after one of my pets (sadly no longer with me )
My name – Joanna
Twilight
Star because some things just shouldn’t be changed x
I would name it Walt
James
I would name it Dave
JALATH (mine and my 5 childrens initials, Jodie, Ashley, Leah, Amy, Thomaas, Hollie) 🙂
Harold
spikey
Emily after my daughter
I would call a star Amber-lina Ballerina after my beautiful daughter.
Marjorie Edna after my late mum and mum in law
Classic Twinkle
Stella – Its the italian for star and our puppies name. I can never find your subscribe button! I’m following on bloglovin if thats what you mean?
I’d call it ‘Daniel’ – my brother, Daniel, passed away when I was heavily pregnant with my son, so since my son was a baby, we’ve told him the brightest star in the sky is ‘Daniel’ and he’ll always be watching over him x
Harry after my late dad
Twinkle
Twinks 🙂
Twinkle, just has to be doesn’t it, because we all know Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Sparkle x