Stuck

New
Hardcover
2011
$14.10

Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with...a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending.

Synopsis

Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with...a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things! Will Floyd ever get his kite back? A hilarious book with a wonderful surprise ending.

$14.10

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Published: 01 Sep 2011
ISBN 10: 0007263864
ISBN 13: 9780007263868
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Prizes: Shortlisted for Roald Dahl Funny Prize: The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under 2012 and CBI Book of the Year Award 2012 and Galaxy National Book Awards: National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year 2011.

Media Reviews

Stuck is perhaps the most impressive picture book published this year... Brilliantly silly. Daily Telegraph

Praise for The Incredible Book Eating Boy:

`Mouth-wateringly irresistible' The Guardian

`This is a book that children will devour' The Observer

Praise for Lost and Found:

`A heart-warming story' The Guardian

Praise for How to Catch a Star:

`The best recent picture book by light years, is stylishly spellbinding.' Telegraph

`Hail to new talent... If only all picture books could be this good.' The Bookseller

Praise for The Heart and the Bottle:

`Profoundly moving' The Irish Times

Author Bio

Oliver Jeffers graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours. His outstanding talent has been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award. `Lost and Found' animation was broadcast on Channel 4. Oliver lives and works in Brookyln, New York.