<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!<i> <p/>New York Times </i>best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers and fine artist Sam Winston deliver a lyrical picture book inspiring readers of all ages to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine.</b> <p/>A little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small boy and calling him away on an adventure. Through forests of fairy tales and across mountains of make-believe, the two travel together on a fantastical journey that unlocks the boy's imagination. Now a lifetime of magic and adventure lies ahead of him . . . but who will be next? Combining elegant images by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston's typographical landscapes shaped from excerpts of children's classics and lullabies, <i>A Child of Books </i>is a stunning prose poem on the rewards of reading and sharing stories--an immersive and unforgettable reading experience that readers will want to pass on to others.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston<br><b>Publisher:</b> Candlewick Press (MA)<br><b>Published:</b> 09/15/2021<br><b>Pages:</b> 40<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.48lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.70h x 10.00w x 0.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781536221923<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Oliver Jeffers </b>is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including <i>Once Upon an Alphabet, </i> which won a<i> Boston Globe</i>-<i>Horn Book</i> Award, and <i>Lost and Found, </i>