Publisher: Penguin
Author: Oliver Jeffers
Number of pages: 48
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: nine trillion and seven hundred and eighty billion five hundred and ninety-three million two hundred and six thousand seven hundred and fifty-one
Size: 25 x 1.2 x 28.7 cm
What we want to build is a charming story about a father and daughter laying the foundation for their common life, establishing cherishable memories, building a safe home for them, and making them warm with love. This rare and enduring story is about parents endless love, endless opportunities and challenges in life, and the tools needed to build a common future.
Inspired by the birth of his daughter, and in the same vein as Here We Are, What We’ll Build is a rhythmic and heartwarming father and daughter story from the beloved Oliver Jeffers. Told in rhyming text with Oliver’s signature art, What We’ll Build is the perfect story to cherish together.
Oliver Jeffers was born in Australia in 1977 and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He graduated from Ulster University and majored in illustration and visual communication. Jeffers was young but talented. From 1995 to 1998, he held several small art exhibitions in Belfast and helped local publishers design book covers. During the University, he took a year off (1999-2000) to travel to the United States and Australia. During his stay in Sydney, he worked as a freelance painter for a local magazine; The unique painting style also attracted the attention of Lavazza coffee company, entrusted Jeffers to draw Christmas cards for it, and invited Jeffers to act as a resident artist at the aroma coffee festival at the rocks, Sydney, painting live in front of thousands of audiences. In 2000, Jeffers returned to the United States from his trip to continue his college studies and graduated with excellent results. The following year, Jeffers held a very successful exhibition in John Hewitt bar with the theme of "boys at the bar", depicting Belfasts drinking culture. The exhibition attracted a large number of media to interview, and all 16 works were sold on the opening night.
