The World of Oliver Jeffers

Join us at Chester Storyhouse  as we have the wonderful Oliver Jeffers here , brought to you by Linghams Bookshop and Booka Bookshop, two independent booksellers. 

A Day Off School  Illustrated by Kevin Waldron and the new paperback edition of There’s a Ghost in This House. A free art print will be gifted with either book bought. Additional publishing by Oliver will also be available to buy on the day. 

A Day Off School tells the story of Herbie, who stays home from school when he has the sniffles. At first, Herbie is delighted to have a day all to himself. A day to play Space Blasters uninterrupted, do some painting and to read his book in bed! But, by lunchtime, Herbie has done everything on his list and soon – despite his best efforts – his thoughts turn to school. What if something really fun is happening? Like an extra playtime or a dog loose in the corridors? What if Herbie is missing out? 

A copy of A Day Off School is included with each child’s ticket. 

HarperCollins Children’s Books has been Oliver’s publishing home since his highly acclaimed debut, How to Catch a Star, first published in 2004. Since then, he has become a worldwide phenomenon and a genre-busting creative force in the world of children’s books with book translations in forty-nine languages. Oliver has exhibited in museums and galleries such as the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. In 2022 Oliver received a Member of the Order of the British Empire Award (MBE) for his Services in Art and in 2026 Oliver joined Smartphone Free Childhood as their ambassador.