Stuck (Shortlisted For Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012)

Description: 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. 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 Praise for Up and Down: 'Full of heart' Irish Times Prizes: Shortlisted for Roald Dahl Funny Prize: The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under 2012 and Galaxy National Book Awards: National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year 2011 and CBI Book of the Year Award 2012. Author Biography: Oliver Jeffers is a fresh new talent in picture books. He graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honours and has since exhibited his paintings around the world. His outstanding talent has already been recognised by several high-profile awards, including the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award, the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Irish Children's Book of the Year.