Oliver Jeffers

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AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories. His picture books, How to Catch a Star, Lost and Found (which was made into an animated film), The Way Back Home, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, The Great Paper Caper, The Heart and the Bottle (which was made into a highly acclaimed iPad application), Up and Down and Stuck have won many awards, including the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award, the Peter Pan Book of the Year, and the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year. He is also a multi-time finalist for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

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This Moose Belongs to Me

The age-old tale of a boy and his moose . . . Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while Wilfred educates him on his record collection. There is, however, one rule that Wilfred's pet has difficulty following: Going whichever way Wilfred wants to go. Perhaps this is because Wilfred's pet doesn't quite realize that he belongs to anyone.

A moose can be obstinate in such ways.

Fortunately, the two manage to work out a compromise. Let's just say it involves apples.