How to Catch a Star (Hardcover)

from awhite43

I really enjoyed the book "How to Catch a Star" by Oliver Jeffers. I like the author's simple illustrations including those that the picked the boy imagining himself being friends with the star taking walks together and playing hide and seek. I thought the story was interesting and liked all the ...

from dylantanner

A little boy wants to have a star of his own. He tries many methods to get one, until he finds a fallen star (sea star). It becomes his great friend. This is a fantasy children's book AS you may be able to tell by now, I love Oliver Jeffers. Love Love Love. I feel like his little boys are part hi...

from ahanch1

This book is a very good representation on how children should never give up on their goals. The boy who wanted to catch the star tried multiple things like jumping and climbing a tree to reach the star. When his attempts did not work, he would think of another strategy to reach the star. In the ...

from nbmars

Raise your hand if you had a poster in your dorm at college with this famous Herman Hesse passage from Damien: "And she told me about a youth who had fallen in love with a planet. He stood by the sea, stretched out his arms and prayed to the planet, dreamed of it, and directed all his thoughts to...

from andy_170279

Jeffers book is about a boy that really likes stars. He likes stars so much that he wants to catch and befriend one. He tries and tries but always fails to catch a star. One day he finds a starfish by the beach and takes it home where he reads to it!