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. Finally, just when the boy is ready to give up, he learns that sometimes things aren't where, or what, we expect them to be. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. I will get through it, and when I do, I'll make sure to treasure every memory I have of them and tell myself that they are not truly dead, because they'll live long in the memories I have of them.

This is a magical, beautifully illustrated tale about reaching for dreams… Adults tend to think of waiting as tedious, but the magic of this book is that it understands waiting as children wait - alert, apprehensive and using their imaginations. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Personally I wasn't sure about the illustrations, they're quite stylised, but this book has quickly become one of my son's favourites.

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".

Looking forward to getting some more books by this author for my little boy to enjoy when he's a little older. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.An inspirational tale of reaching for the stars and emerging with a friend, this wonderful board book by Oliver Jeffers would make the perfect gift for either the newborn, or an older sibling. Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London based Studio AKA, screening on Christmas Eve 2008 on Channel 4 in the UK and on Nickelodeon in the US and Australia. He is also well known for his illustration and artwork, and his distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide. He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.