READ BY TERENCE STAMP. 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 got 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.
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About the Author:
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.
Review:
"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
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0007478143
- ISBN 13 9780007478149
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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