Oliver Jeffers celebrates the art of imagination with A Child of Books
Artist and best-selling author Oliver Jeffers on collaboration with typographic artist Sam Winston, and why picture books will never perish.
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"You're no more than the stories that you're told, that you tell, and that are told about you," says author Oliver Jeffers.
The best-selling children's author (The Day The Crayons Quit, How To Catch A Star) joins guest host Candy Palmater to discuss the importance of storytelling and imagination, as artfully illustrated in his latest title: A Child of Books.
His new book, which was released earlier this week, is a collaboration with typographic artist Sam Winston.
WEB EXTRA | Want to enter the world of A Child Of Books? Browse a couple of images, posted here with the author's permission, and tell us: can you think of the first book that really opened your imagination as a child?
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