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Oh what a bad bear, chopping down all those beautiful trees! A bad bear indeed! The book is beautifully illustrated and very playful. Enjoy for your kids, or great for your coffee table too to bring out the kid in you!
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We purchased this because we LOVE some of Oliver's other books (especially the one about the boy who loved starts), but this was a letdown. None of our kids liked it, and bored quickly with it. We sent it back, as it did not meet our expectations for this author.
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While this isn't his favorite book, my son still loves this book and asks for it at least once a week.
'How to Catch a Star' and 'Lost and Found' are better, but if you have them already you will not regret getting this too.
I wish all these books were available in 'board' format, but alas they aren't. The large format with heavy paper stock pages means that you have to ensure your toddlers don't get their hands on them, or they will soon be ruined. I have the above two in board format, and they are much more convenient like that.
The main thing that makes this weaker than the titles mentioned above is that it uses additional text 'hidden' in the pages, so you don't have a straightforward repeatable narrative unless you skip that stuff. There are also pages with no text at all, that require explanation. While these features make the book more 'arty' they don't necessarily improve it as a book for small children. Toddlers seem to enjoy repetition and predictable experiences. My son knows books like 'The Gruffalo' and 'Lost and Found' off by heart, and will repeat them with me as I read, but he has never done that with this one.
There's also a lack of a distinct character to relate to: the bear doesn't really get to say anything until the end, and the other characters are vague ciphers at best. That's not to say that kids won't like the bear character or be interested in him, but they don't really get enough to satisfy their curiosity.Read more ›
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You can read this review and more on my blog, Caught Read Handed.
This one might be favorite Oliver Jeffers book so far. The forest animals’ homes are disappearing. All the trees are being cut down! Oh no! What is happening? The animals meet up to try to figure out the mystery; there must be clues, right? Maybe like the bear with the ax in the background or the flyers for the paper airplane contest?
The humor in The Great Paper Caper is so genuinely funny and charming. This is definitely one of those ones that will delight not only children but adults as well – maybe even more so for adults who will understand the humor of the clues laid out in the background for the reader.
Also, I can’t even handle how ridiculously adorable the illustrations are. The stick legs! Oh my goodness. I just love them. The beaver and the bear and the pig. So freaking adorable. I think some people might easily blow off Jeffers’ illustrations as overly simple or plain, but this book is indicative of why Jeffers is just so talented: all of the little details in the background that you might not notice at first are perfect.
So this one doesn’t quite have the same emotional range as, say, Lost and Found, but it is the definition of an enjoyable book from start to finish. I definitely think kids would enjoy trying to figure out who the paper caper is as much as you will.
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Mr. Jeffers' picture books are fantastic. A wonderful blend of beautiful pictures themed with terrific dialog that conveys multiple levels of meaning for readers of any age.
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Oliver Jeffers is an odd duck. This is a statement that should surprise no one. The man simply has a very distinctive way of looking at the world. Labeling his style doesn't seem to work either. For a while there he was sort of the average-boy-meets-small-friendly-creature author/illustrator thanks to Lost and Found and The Way Back Home. But then you have his other titles to contend with. His How to Catch a Stars. His The Incredible Book-Eating Boys. I often find that I can fill up these reviews simply by comparing a certain author/illustrator to similar artists working in similar fields. Unfortunately for me, if Jeffers has been unduly influenced by one artist or another, I'm sorry but I can't figure out who that might be. Oliver Jeffers is, as I have said before, an odd duck. And we wouldn't have him any other way. The Great Paper Caper is proof enough of that.
There is a mystery lurking in these woods. It started small enough. Local forest denizens hardly even noticed when the first branches of their trees started to disappear. When the trees themselves started to go, however, it was time to do some serious detective work. At long last something was found near a crime scene; a paper airplane. A paper airplane with the paw prints of the local bear all over it.Read more ›
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