Update: have seen some more of this author's work for slightly older children and appreciate the illustrations and the quirky style a bit better now.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. He is also well known for his illustration and artwork, and his distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.He has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a a number of novels. In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl cover (a drawing of Nelson Mandela) for the U2 song "Ordinary Love". 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. 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. Looking forward to getting some more books by this author for my little boy to enjoy when he's a little older.

It is an easy, quick read and I’d say Early years children would enjoy it mostly but it would also make a great book for young readers too. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Brooklyn Museum New York. Oliver Jeffers is known for his award-winning picture books, which have been translated into over 30 languages. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

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.