The Dictionary Story

The Dictionary Story - Hardcover

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The Dictionary Story - Hardcover

The Dictionary Story - Hardcover

by Oliver Jeffers , Sam Winston
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Book Overview

by Oliver Jeffers (Author), Sam Winston (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

From the award-winning creative team of Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston comes an enchanting and imaginative picture book certain to delight word lovers of any age.

Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to explode? This isn't what she wanted at all! Luckily her friend Alphabet knows exactly what to do and sings a song that brings calm and order to Dictionary's pages once again.

Author Biography

Oliver Jeffers is an author-illustrator of many books for children, including A Child of Books with Sam Winston; Once Upon an Alphabet, which was named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; Lost and Found, which was a Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Medal winner; and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, which was named a Time Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year. He is also the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt, as well as a fine artist whose work ranges from figurative painting to installation. In 2022, he was named a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to the arts. Born in Australia, Oliver Jeffers grew up in Northern Ireland and now lives and works in Brooklyn.

Sam Winston is a fine artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in many permanent collections. Institutions that have exhibited or currently house his work include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, the Tate Galleries in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. He is the cocreator of A Child of Books with Oliver Jeffers and the author-illustrator of One & Everything, which is currently featured in an exhibit on alphabets at the Bodleian, Oxford University, and which School Library Journal hailed in a starred review as a "a story that works on many levels for various ages, from a simple fable about greed to a wake-up call to value linguistic diversity." Sam Winston lives and works in London.
Number of Pages: 56
Dimensions: 0.6 x 11.2 x 8.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 06, 2024
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Dictionary Story
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN9781536235500
Author Oliver Jeffers , Sam Winston
PublisherCandlewick Press (MA)
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages56
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Oliver Jeffers is a visual artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance and sculpture. His engagements and practice are truly international in scope. His critically acclaimed picture books have been the recipients of numerous awards, including a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books Award, TIME Best Book of the Year, Bologna Ragazzi Award, an Irish Book Award, a United Kingdom Literary Association Award, and two Emmy Awards for the Apple TV adaptation of Here We Are: Notes For Living on Planet Earth. He has exhibited at institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Jeffers' work is currently featured in the new long-term exhibition "Building Stories" at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. He also recently received a Member of the Order of the British Empire Award (MBE) for his Services in Art.

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