The Incredible Book Eating Boy Hardcover – Picture Book, April 19, 2007

Jeffers' takes us on a journey with Henry, a boy who discovers a unique way to consume books – quite literally! 🧑‍🦱🍽️ 📖 As Henry devours book after book, he begins to absorb their contents and experiences a transformation that leads him on a remarkable adventure of self-discovery. ✨This is a delightful journey that not only entertains but also imparts a gentle message about the value of reading, the magic of books, and the joy of savoring knowledge in a mindful way. 📚❤️

I’m a big fan of this book. It is creative whimsical and well illustrated. A perfect addition to a children’s book collection!

This book is awesome! The incredible book eating boy has become our favorite night time book. It's awesome! And all of the pages were illustrated on old pieces of notes, dictionaries, newspapers so there's a bunch of stuff to look at in addition to the story.

This was a fantastic book for our kids and has been gifted many times.

I picked up a bunch of children's books recently. I use them when I teach English. The ones I bought were:A Sick Day for Amos McGeeThe Incredible Book Eating BoyZen Shorts1 Million DotsI bought these after I searched on the net for "children's books with a soul." In that search I found the following page: "Design Mom’s Top 50 Picture Books." These were all books that had been published since 2000. I wanted to see some newer, but good quality, books.A Sick Day for Amos McGeeVery charming and very surprising. I would recommend it to anyone. 5 StarsThe Incredible Book Eating BoyAlso, very funny. I'd be a little worried though that the book might teach kids to start chewing on books. A good book though. 4 stars.Zen ShortsGood. The art is wonderful. The outer story seems a little too thin though. It appears to be merely a vehicle for the author to tell the three inner stories from the book...which the author himself did not invent. I would have preferred to see the author put more effort into his own part of the story. In general though, Zen Shorts reminds me of the Disney movies "Song of the South" and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh." In both of these works, there is also an outer story that serves as a vehicle for smaller stories to be told. Unlike Song of the South and Winnie the Pooh though, there is no time for us to meet and fall in love with any of the characters within the story. Falling in love with the characters is a necessity that was neglected in this book, but was allowed to happen in both "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" and "The Incredible Book Eating Boy."It's a good book. But it needed to be larger and the author himself needed to contribute more. 3 stars.1 Million Dots has not yet arrived, so, I can't speak much about it.

What an amazing book to end or begin a school year. Great book to couple with Patricia Polacco's The Honey Tree. This book is terrific for think aloud comprehension strategies. The students love the irreverence the book (cat puking) and making predictions and inferences as we go along. Students are delighted by the bite taken out of the book at the end! The art keeps students wondering and looking. What a creative and well written book.

I got this for my niece for Christmas last year, she absolutely loved it! I thought that maybe she was too old for it and worried that when I gave it to her, she wouldn't like it (she's 9). But it went over really well, it's one of her favorite books!I also enjoyed reading through it myself before wrapping it up for her, it's just such a clever childrens book! The fact that there is a bite out of the corner of it is an added bonus :)

This book is fantastic! I'm a teacher and have used it as a read aloud in my first grade classroom and kids simply love it! It inspired them to think about how we gain knowledge and what it would be like if we gained it by eating books instead of reading them. Such a fun concept for first grade discussion! The best part of the book, though, is the surprise bite out of the back!!