Staff Pick
In this companion to Oliver Jeffers's Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, What We’ll Build is a letter of hope to build a better future. Together, father and daughter build a world of love, understanding, and compassion, setting aside favorite things and memories for days when everything seems more difficult. Wonderful for reading together. Recommended By Kim T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
From acclaimed author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers comes the companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are.
What shall we build, you and I?
We'll build a watch to keep our time.
I'll build your future
and you'll build mine.
Inspired by the birth of his daughter, and in the same vein as Here We Are, What We'll Build is a rhythmic and heartwarming father and daughter story from the beloved Oliver Jeffers. Told in rhyming text with Oliver's signature art, What We'll Build is the perfect story to cherish together.
Review
"Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share." Booklist
Review
"Jeffers fills the pages
with...a giggle-inducing assortment of creatures....it has the
offbeat, sweet style Jeffers' fans know and love." Kirkus Reviews
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"Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share." Booklist
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"Stroked in generous swaths of warm color....Jeffers's benediction portrays a parent who surrounds his child with love and steadies her as she learns how to bring her dreams to fruition." Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories. From his highly acclaimed debut,
How to Catch a Star he has gone on to create a collection of
bestselling picture books that have been translated into many languages
all over the world, winning multiple awards including the Nestlé
Children's Book Prize Gold Award, Blue Peter Book of the Year, and CBI
Book of the Year, and he has been shortlisted for the CILIP Kate
Greenaway Medal five times.
Lost and Found was made into a BAFTA-winning animated film.
Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in
Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and young children.