Stuck (urspr publ 2011; utgåvan 2011)

Poor whale. ( )

Floyd gets his kite stuck in a tree. As he tries to get it out, he only creates a bigger problem. This story does a good job getting readers interacting with the book and introduces the concept of cause and effect. While the story was cute, I didn't find myself loving it that much. It was missing something in the story line that took it to a deeper meaning. It was okay but I probably would not read it again. ( )

This is a very silly story about a kid who needs to get a kite out of a tree after it gets stuck. He attempts to get the kite by throwing a series of larger, and stranger objects up at the kite, but these objects all get stuck too. This book could be used in a book to introduce gravity to younger students. ( )

Floyd is a very frustrated boy, who does everything in his power, and uses everything in sight to retrieve his kite from the tree. Jeffer's humorous images of larger and larger objects, animals and people in the tree will keep kids giggling. ( )

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree he throws many unusually items into the tree to knock down his kite. One by one all of these items become stuck and his problem becomes bigger and bigger. This is a hilarious book that gets readers thinking outside the box. I like how the author, Oliver Jeffers, gets his readers to think that Floyd is going to make a good logical decision on how to get the items unstuck and then throws his readers in for a loop. ( )