The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Jeffers' takes us on a journey with Henry, a boy who discovers a unique way to consume books – quite literally! 🧑‍🦱🍽️ 📖 As Henry devours book after book, he begins to absorb their contents and experiences a transformation that leads him on a remarkable adventure of self-discovery. ✨ This is a delightful journey that not only entertains but also imparts a gentle message about the value of reading, the magic of books, and the joy of savoring knowledge in a mindful way. 📚❤️

Cute book for kids who love humorous stories. 6 year old grandson loves w

I’m a big fan of this book. It is creative whimsical and well illustrated. A perfect addition to a children’s book collection!

I purchased this book to read aloud to my daughter's first grade class. I'd never read it before but saw it on a recommended "read aloud" list. It is perfection, particularly the illustrations and fonts. The kids loved it, and I enjoyed reading it. What a delightful story about the joy of books!

I picked up a bunch of children's books recently. I use them when I teach English. The ones I bought were: A Sick Day for Amos McGee The Incredible Book Eating Boy Zen Shorts 1 Million Dots I bought these after I searched on the net for "children's books with a soul." In that search I found the following page: "Design Mom’s Top 50 Picture Books." These were all books that had been published since 2000. I wanted to see some newer, but good quality, books. A Sick Day for Amos McGee Very charming and very surprising. I would recommend it to anyone. 5 Stars The Incredible Book Eating Boy Also, very funny. I'd be a little worried though that the book might teach kids to start chewing on books. A good book though. 4 stars. Zen Shorts Good. The art is wonderful. The outer story seems a little too thin though. It appears to be merely a vehicle for the author to tell the three inner stories from the book...which the author himself did not invent. I would have preferred to see the author put more effort into his own part of the story. In general though, Zen Shorts reminds me of the Disney movies "Song of the South" and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh." In both of these works, there is also an outer story that serves as a vehicle for smaller stories to be told. Unlike Song of the South and Winnie the Pooh though, there is no time for us to meet and fall in love with any of the characters within the story. Falling in love with the characters is a necessity that was neglected in this book, but was allowed to happen in both "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" and "The Incredible Book Eating Boy." It's a good book. But it needed to be larger and the author himself needed to contribute more. 3 stars. 1 Million Dots has not yet arrived, so, I can't speak much about it.

This book is fantastic! I'm a teacher and have used it as a read aloud in my first grade classroom and kids simply love it! It inspired them to think about how we gain knowledge and what it would be like if we gained it by eating books instead of reading them. Such a fun concept for first grade discussion! The best part of the book, though, is the surprise bite out of the back!!

What a lovely book. We received this as a gift when my son was born, and now that he's almost 4 it's one of his, and his older sister's, favorites. We've given it as a gift as well - it delightfully describes the joys of reading with a humorous twist. Definitely a book you'll want to add to your child's library.

This book is full of wonder and charm. The illustrations are surprisingly simple and beautiful and the book has a delightful die-cut detail that I didn't expect. The story builds up and has an ending that isn't predictable. My 6-year old, who's a jokester of sorts has been trying to eat books around the house since he saw this book.

i libri illustrati di Oliver Jeffers sono perle da un mondo che si trova al di là dell'immaginazione. Le storie sono accattivanti, in alcuni cassi addirittura edificanti, piccoli romanzi di formazione per bimbi. Ti commuovono e fanno ridere. Le illustrazioni poi sarebbero da incorniciare una per una. Insomma, potrebbero essere usati anche come oggetti da arredamento, tanto sono belli (ma non è questo l'uso che consiglierei !!!). Insomma, un regalo prezioso per il bambino e per l'adulto. Li ho acquistati nella versione inglese per facilitare l'apprendimento della lingua. Ma in italiano, son sicura, darebbero lo stesso effetto. Viva Jeffers !

Expensive and overrated

Well written with great illustrations. The book has a great message delivered in a silly way, which my daughter truly enjoyed.

Ich liebe die Bücher von Oliver Jeffers und seinen Stil sehr. Aber dieses Buch ist mir von allen das liebste. Vor allem die Abbildung, wie der Junge das Buch aufisst und es dann in seinen Bauch und sein Hirn kommt.

絵本そのものも斬新な工夫があって秀作だと思いますが（ケイト・グリーナウェイ賞・チルドレンズブック賞候補）、何と言っても、ジム・ブロードベントの朗読がいいです。音楽効果音はもちろん、本に書かれていないセリフも録音されているので、不思議な雰囲気が良く伝わります。 絶対にＣＤ付がお勧めです！！