The story also encourages readers to feel empathy and really engage with the main character. This book demonstrates the boy’s determination and perseverance to catch his star, and shows children how he overcomes problems along the way such as disappointment and frustration. A star of his very own.” I loved this book – and my three year old daughter did too! I chose to read this book as Oliver Jeffers was an author recommended to us at university last year, and now I own quite a few of his books! I really enjoy the way Jeffers writes, and the colourful illustrations are lovely with a variety of full page illustrations to smaller ones. He tries many different ways to catch one (such as climbing to the top of a tree), by the end of the book the boy collects a starfish. This book introduces the reader to a boy who loves stars so much, he wants to catch one of his own. This is one of those rare stories that I never get tired of reading - which is important, because my own two-year-old likes to have it read about three times in a row, in one sitting!
Pair the sweet and ironic story with Jeffers' distinctive artistic illustrations, and you've got a really lovely book in your hands. Two-year-olds are especially attuned to characters from stories who become sad, and there is a scene where the boy is so forlorn and dejected that young readers are really concerned for him. It has a happy ending, and the boy does get a star for a friend (or possibly just a washed-up dead starfish), but it's really interesting the range of emotions he goes through over the course of the story, and seeing how kids relate to them. He's very good at dealing with frustration and really thinks problems through, though he has a habit of asking birds for help and is always disappointed. The boy is persistent and determined, but an aura of sadness and loneliness surrounds him. He tries many different ways to catch a star, like climbing to the top of the tree to reach it, and comes up with some other ideas that turn out to be not so doable - like using his rocket ship to reach a star (except it's out of petrol from his last trip to the moon). In this story, the boy loves stars and wants one. We had already read the next book, Lost and Found, the one where a lost penguin turns up on his doorstep and he tries to help it find its way home again - such a wonderful book! This one is just as delightful, and really captures the kids' imaginations. I love Oliver Jeffers' books, especially his series about the little boy, of which this is the first book.
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