![]() ![]() Oliver Jeffers has written wonderful books, but I wish he would write at least one more as humorous as this one. I normally rotate the several books I read to him, but today he greeted me at his house with: “Did you bring the ‘Stuck’ book because I want to read it every day forever?” Up to now his favourite funny books have been the ‘Dinosaurs in the Supermarket / School’, but his reaction to ‘Stuck’ has far exceeded those. ![]() Childlike in concept and vibrantly illustrated as only Oliver Jeffers could, here is a picture book worth rescuing from any tree. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with my grandson over the last four years, and I’ve never seen him react to a book or toy with such sheer joy. Stuck is Oliver Jeffers' most absurdly funny story since The Incredible Book-Eating Boy. He couldn’t seem to stop thinking and talking about all the things stuck in the tree and was very keen to tell his Mum later, laughing as he told her all about them. He wanted me to read it again immediately, and seemed to find it even funnier the second time. He can be a little serious, but this book made him start giggling from the beginning, leading to full-on laughing the more I read. ![]() I’ve bought several Jeffers books for my now 4 year old grandson and I love reading them with him. ![]()
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