Picture Book - Stuck- Oliver Jeffers (Author & Illustrator)
Recommended for: Babies/Toddlers/Younger Readers
Oh, Oliver Jeffers. You make my life so good.
This is the third book by the author that I've read, and I'm yet to find anything that isnt utterly hilarious and compelling in any of them.
Floyd has got his kite stuck in a tree. No matter what he throws at it, he can't get it to come down. A ladder, the post-man, a house, an ocean-liner...that kite is well and truly stuck.
What skill it must take to make something as ordinary as getting a kite stuck in a tree to be so utterly captivating. The absurdity of the objects thrown, and the capacity of this tree to hold them, will have parent and child in stitches throughout. It's as wonderfully illustrated as ever, and ending will bring a smile that you can't easily remove, especially for those of us blessed with less than perfect memories.
If there's any children's author fast becoming a 'must-read-before-all-else', it's Oliver Jeffers. This man is a genius.
10/10
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