The Boy Series by Oliver Jeffers

4.20 · 70 ratings
  • How to Catch a Star (The Boy #1)
    #1

    How to Catch a Star (The Boy #1)

    Oliver Jeffers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2004

    Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. 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... more

  • Lost and Found (The Boy #2)
    #2

    Lost and Found (The Boy #2)

    Oliver Jeffers

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings · published 2004

    From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day The Crayons Quit comes a humorously warm tale of friendship. Now also an animated TV special!What is a boy to do when a lost penguin shows up at his door? Find out where it comes from, of course, and return it. But the journey to the South Pole is long and difficult in the boy’s rowboat. There are storms to brave and deep, dark nights.To pass the time, the boy tells the penguin stories. Finally, they arrive... more

  • The Way Back Home (The Boy #3)
    #3

    The Way Back Home (The Boy #3)

    Oliver Jeffers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2008

    When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there's no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fang-toothed monsters lurk in the darkness! (Plus, it's dark and lonely out there... more

  • Up and Down (The Boy #4)
    #4

    Up and Down (The Boy #4)

    Oliver Jeffers

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2010

    The boy and the penguin still enjoy spending all their time together. That is, until the penguin starts to dream of flying, ignoring the boy's advice that it is impossible. Running away, the penguin visits place after place, searching for a chance to get his feet off the ground. But will flying be everything he had hoped?

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