The Dictionary Story

"The organised dictionary text that we all know so well interacts perfectly with the illustrations. Every word is intentionally placed to truly bring Dictionary’s wish of creating her own story to life. Readers will enjoy looking at all of the different definitions and the hidden messages surrounding the main story. A topsy-turvy story that is a delight to read! * Children's Books Ireland * As Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston unite again, book lovers all over the world celebrate at the joy of another collaboration… Bursting with colour and Jeffers' recognisable illustrations, this book is an absolute joy. Set within the pages of a dictionary thanks to the clever typographic fine artist Sam Winston, we are taken on a journey of the life of words ever since ""the first words were born inside our heads, where they wriggled around for a long time, before slowly crawling out of our mouths.” It's magnificent. It's ingenious. It's so original and so brilliantly executed. I know I will be buying this as a gift, again and again and again. * LoveReading4Kids * Sam Winston’s comic pacing of the tale – a meta celebration of words – is superb. Superb too are Oliver Jeffers’s naive style illustrations showing the shenanigans of the characters. Totally immersive and brilliantly created right from the real dictionary shown at the front of the book. The more you read it the more delights you will discover, it’s a veritable wordy wonder. * Red Reading Hub * Unique linguistic inspiration now forms the spine of a lyrical picture book created in collaboration with New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers. A call to kids and adults alike to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine, their magical project is intended to prompt young readers to ignite their love of language and discover where their words come from, and how we all have a story to tell. * Twin Magazine *"