OLIVER JEFFERS, is a Northern Irish painter, writer, and reader who graduated from the University of Ulster and has exhibited his art in London, New York, Sydney, Belfast and Glengormley. Oliver has never eaten a book, although he thought about it once. He ate Weetabix instead, and fed a book to his younger brother. It did not make his brother smarter, but it did encourage him to recycle after three or four days. Oliver Jeffers's first picture book, How to Catch a Star, was an immediate international success. His second book, Lost and Found, has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was the recipient of the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award.

The mouth-watering new book from acclaimed author illustrator, Oliver Jeffers. Henry loves books! but not like you and I. He loves to EAT books! This exciting new story follows the trials and tribulations of a boy with a voracious appetite for books. Henry discovers his unusual taste by mistake one day, and is soon swept up in his new-found passion -- gorging on every delicious book in sight! And better still, he realises that the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. Henry dreams of becoming the Incredible Book Eating Boy; the smartest boy in the world! But a book-eating diet isn't the healthiest of habits, as Henry soon finds out!