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The mouth-watering new book from acclaimed author illustrator, Oliver Jeffers.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

Trade Review

"Mouth-wateringly irresistible" The Guardian

"This is a book that children will devour." The Observer

"The whole thing looks good enough to eat." Times Educational Supplement

"a beautifully produced edition that really is good enough to eat." The Bookseller

"with IBEB, Jeffers has produced his most appealing work yet, conjuring up a magical piece of fiction that is not only divinely illustrated and wittily told, but perfectly realised." Junior

The Incredible Book Eating Boy

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    A Paperback / softback by Oliver Jeffers

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 5 March 2007
      ISBN-13 9780007182312
      978-0007182312
      ISBN-10 0007182317
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      Children & Teen Baby, Toddler & Pre-School Children & Teen Fiction Children & Teen Non-Fiction Books by Oliver Jeffers

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The mouth-watering new book from acclaimed author illustrator, Oliver Jeffers.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

      Trade Review

      "Mouth-wateringly irresistible" The Guardian

      "This is a book that children will devour." The Observer

      "The whole thing looks good enough to eat." Times Educational Supplement

      "a beautifully produced edition that really is good enough to eat." The Bookseller

      "with IBEB, Jeffers has produced his most appealing work yet, conjuring up a magical piece of fiction that is not only divinely illustrated and wittily told, but perfectly realised." Junior

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