The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. From figurative painting, collage and installation to illustration and award winning picture-books, Oliver Jeffers practice takes many forms.

In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl cover (a drawing of Nelson Mandela) for the U2 song "Ordinary Love". When my mum and/or dad dies, I'll be sure to not put my heart in a bottle and will, instead, accept those feelings of loss and pain.He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. An inspirational story from internationally bestselling, multi-prize-winning picture book creator Oliver Jeffers. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York.

It has wonderful illustrations and text which both hold the attention of the children and from which they can follow independently after listening to the story. Not sure how to explain it best: the prose is so nicely paced and there's a really good ratio of illustrations to words (more pictures than words), yet there's still a proper narrative to the book.They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. The children in my setting loved the story, they are big fans of the nursery rhyme Twinkle twinkle little star, so I knew they would be interested in this. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.