What We’ll Build
Plans for Our Together Future
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
A spectacular new title from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, creator of the million-copy selling, global phenomenon Here We Are!
What shall we build, you and I?
I’ll build your future and you’ll build mine.
We’ll build a watch to keep our time.
A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work; building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe and love to keep them warm.
From renowned, internationally bestselling picture-book creator and visual artist, Oliver Jeffers, comes this rare and enduring story about a parent’s boundless love, life’s endless opportunities and all we need to build a together future.
Reviews
Praise for Here We Are:
“The witty images are atmospheric and full of enthralling detail” Nicolette Jones / The Times
“An optimistic snapshot of contemporary life, this heartfelt hug of a book ought to become a classic” The Guardian
“Beautiful illustrations” Creative Review
“There is a childlike awe and wonder about the stars and planets in the book” The Irish Times
‘Delightfully illustrated’ Time
‘Beautifully illustrated’ Artists & Illustrators
‘This performer had assured pace and charm. The storytelling was captivating and a beautifully realised gem, with a surprise ending. Gorgeous!’ Audio Production Awards judges
About the author
Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories. From his much-loved debut, How to Catch a Star, he has gone on to create a collection of award-winning and bestselling picture books, which have been translated all over the globe, including the New York Times number 1 bestseller and TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year, Here We Are. Oliver is from Belfast and now lives and works in Brooklyn. He has rudimentary building skills, but a lot of imagination and some new team mates.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this standalone companion to Here We Are! that is dedicated to his daughter, Jeffers imagines a stream of fanciful projects that a father, sporting a wool hat, and his sailor dress clad daughter might do together. Zooming in on her small hands, his large ones, and the tools they have both assembled, it's clear that the narrator views the girl as a capable partner, despite her age "Let's build a door/ where there was none,// We'll build a house/ to be our home." He promises to keep her safe in "a place to stay when all is lost,/ to keep the things we love the most," and he's also up for daffy engineering projects: towers, tunnels, a road to the moon, all stroked in generous swaths of warm color and Jeffers's signature childlike scribbles. In the story's most developed episode, the two realize that building walls keeps potential friends out, and they open their fortress gates to admit a Viking, a pirate, a witch, and a lavender-colored surgeon. Jeffers's benediction portrays a parent who surrounds his child with love and steadies her as she learns how to bring her dreams to fruition. Ages 4 8.
