Stuck

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Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck in 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.

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Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck in 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.

If you would like to be invoiced for this product (or would like a different quantity), please email julia@chestnutbooks.co.uk with an order number and we’ll be happy to help.

We love this book because it is:

  • funny

  • teaches consequences to actions & responsibility

  • illustrations are great for looking at feelings & emotions

Learning opportunities:

  • Writing: add a speech or thought bubble to each page to show Floyd’s thoughts

  • Writing: re-write the story in first person

  • Create a comic strip of how one of the items gets out of the tree

  • Writing: write & illustrate an extra page with a new item getting stuck in the tree

  • Maths: estimation ~ estimate the size of each item

  • Maths: ordering items smallest to largest

  • Grammar: use of capital letters & ellipsis

  • DT: make a kite

  • Art: learn to draw Floyd (YouTube)

  • PE: throwing

  • PSHE: problem solving & team work

  • Memory games: what items are in the tree?

Follow the link to Oliver Jeffers World: Oliver Jeffers World

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