The Way Back Home

by Oliver Jeffers

Book Overview

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399250743
• ISBN13: 9780399250743
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.5" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous story

This book has it all: art! Storyline! Thoughtful introspection that is developmentally appropriate across the elementary school years. Book was in excellent condition and arrived quickly

Oliver Jeffers always writes the best books

Cute inspiration story about never giving up. My kids love this story and do a project to do with it