The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

The Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

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Ages: 3–7 years

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of Books.

Dictionary wishes she could tell a story like other books. So one day, she decides to bring her words to life. How exciting it is to finally have an adventure on her very own pages! But what will she do when her characters collide and everything gets all in a jumble, causing the most enormous tantrum to explode? This isn’t what she wanted at all! Luckily her friend Alphabet knows exactly what to do and sings a song that brings calm and order to Dictionary’s pages once again.

Oliver Jeffers 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 #1 New York Times bestseller and TIME Best Book of the Year Here We Are, as well as the companion What We’ll Build. He is also the illustrator of the smash hits The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, both written by Drew Daywalt.

His fine art is world-renowned and his dip-art exhibitions are a much sought-after event. Oliver is from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and now he, his wife and young children split their time between Belfast and Brooklyn, NY.

Sam Winston is an author and artist. Primarily making artist books he also writes and illustrates picture books.

His first picture book - A Child of Books - reached number five on the New York Times bestsellers list and won the Bologna Ragazzi award as well as being shortlisted for The Irish Book of the year award and the Good Reads readers choice award. It's been translated into 23 languages.

Winston has exhibited his work in museums and galleries around the world. Tate Britain, the British Library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., MoMA NYC and Stanford University, among many others, all hold his artist’s books in their permanent collections.

He lives and works in London and thinks blunt words should be handled carefully.

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About the Artist

Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers makes art and tells stories—fine art for (mostly) adults, and picture books for (mostly) children. As a visual artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture, curiosity and humor are underlying themes throughout Oliver's practice as an artist and storyteller.

Jeffers' original artwork has been exhibited at museums and institutions across the globe. He has had multiple solo shows in galleries in London and New York, and is represented by the world-renowned gallery, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, in Boston, MA. Varying between figurative painting, naive folk-like line work, which is often tied together with his distinctive handwriting, Jeffers' work is instantly recognisable. Themes for his art-making include perspective shifts, memory and mortality, the power of community and story, and the imaginary lines across the land and in the sky.

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