The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Author(s): Oliver Jeffers

Picture Books

Henry loves books... but not like you and I. He loves to EAT books! This exciting story follows the trials and tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, and is soon swept up in his new-found passion - gorging on every delicious book in sight! And better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn't the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out...


Product Information

Shortlisted for British Book Awards: WH Smith Children's Book of the Year Award 2007 and Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award: Children's Book of the Year 2007.

Oliver Jeffers is a fresh new talent in picture books. He graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours and has since exhibited his paintings around the world. He works as a freelance illustrator and this is his third picture book project.

General Fields

  • : 9780007182312
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : HarperCollins Children's Books
  • : 01 February 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Oliver Jeffers
  • : Paperback
  • : Oliver Jeffers