A Child of Books
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers is a 2016 Fiction & Literature book written by TED speaker Oliver Jeffers, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "An ode to living on Earth" (2020), 2.3M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 4 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 3rd of 5 books by Oliver Jeffers on Books Worth Reading (1980–2017), by publication year.
- Edition: Walker Books Ltd, 2016 · 40 pages
The paired TED talk
An ode to living on Earth (2020), the TED talk by Oliver Jeffers.
From the publisher
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, A Child of Books 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.