Oliver Jeffers, WHAT WE'LL BUILD

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Oliver Jeffers is a celebrity in Zibby's house; she and her children love his books, especially HOW TO CATCH A STAR. With beautiful illustrations and thought-provoking writing, WHAT WE’LL BUILD, his latest book, was inspired by the birth of his daughter and the possibility of changing the world.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, moms don't have time to read books.
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0:50.2	you'll find me in all these different channels and enjoy this podcast. Hi, everybody.
0:54.5	So today, the sponsor for my podcast is my other podcast.
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1:25.6	also a community now on Instagram at Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight. So if you fall into that category like I do and so many of us, come join us. The door is open. Welcome to day three of my children's book blast week. I'm so glad you're back. I hope you've caught up with all the other episodes from day one and day two. Just a few more days to go.
1:51.4	The first episode in today's book blast is Oliver Jeffers, who wrote What Will Build. He's also written a thousand other things, and so I'm going to tell you more about him in case you
1:55.1	don't know. Oliver Jeffers makes art and tell stories. His books include How to Catch a Star,
2:00.8	lost and Found,
2:01.6	and The New York Times Best Sellers, Stuck, This Moose Belongs to Me, and Once Upon an Alphabet.
2:06.9	He is also the illustrator of the number one bestsellers, The Day the Cranes,
2:11.4	and the Day Cranes came home in collaboration with Drew Daywall.
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