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A Little Stuck

by Oliver Jeffers

A kite, a tree, and an escalating predicament

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A kite, a tree, and an escalating predicament

When Floyd’s kite catches in a tree, each attempt to retrieve it leaves one more object stuck alongside it. The simple problem grows into a comic chain of increasingly unlikely things thrown skyward, including shoes, an orangutan, a boat, and a front door. Oliver Jeffers builds the picture-book’s humor around repetition and escalation, turning a familiar childhood mishap into an absurd puzzle about what Floyd will try next. The premise is easy to follow, while the accumulating objects give the illustrations plenty to bring into view.

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  • A fit for young children who enjoy humorous picture books and visual silliness.
  • For families looking for a read-aloud built around a simple, escalating mishap.

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Problem-solvingPersistenceAbsurdityEscalation

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Book overview

From the illustrator of the #1 smash The Day the Crayons Quit comes another bestseller--a giggle-inducing tale of everything tossed, thrown, and hurled in order to free a kite!

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he's determined to get it out. But how? Well, by knocking it down with his shoe, of course. But strangely enough, it too gets stuck. And the only logical course of action . . . is to throw his other shoe. Only now it's stuck! Surely there must be something he can use to get his kite unstuck. An orangutan? A boat? His front door? Yes, yes, and yes. And that's only the beginning. Stuck is Oliver Jeffers' most absurdly funny story since The Incredible Book-Eating Boy. Childlike in concept and vibrantly illustrated as only Oliver Jeffers could, here is a picture book worth rescuing from any tree.
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