An Inkling Reviews: Oliver Jeffers

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Title: The Great Paper Caper
Author & Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers
Genre: Children's Books, Picture Books
Publisher: Philomel Books
Date: September 22, 2008
Length: 40 pages

I picked this book up from the library

There was once a forest where everyone went about their business. All was well until the strangest thing started happening: Without warning, branches began disappearing from trees.

Something will have to be done, everyone agrees, and a full-scale investigation is launched. Witnesses are interviewed. Clues are gathered. Paw prints are dusted. Who is the culprit? And why are there paper airplanes littering the forest floor?

Description from Goodreads

Once upon a time in the forest things were not as they should be. Branches were disappearing , and everyone agreed, "branches should not disappear from trees like that." The Great Paper Caper was always a fun book to share with kindergartners. Different aspects of the story and illustrations intrigued them, we all had a fun time, and I got to experience an Oliver Jeffers book multiple times a day. This is a fun mystery with a timely message and the kind of illustrations that kids love to look at over and over again (all of those little details are great for the I Spy crowd).

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Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Title: Stuck
Author & Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers
Genre: Picture Book, Children's Book, Read Aloud
Publisher: Philomel Books
Date: October 10, 2011
Length: 32 pages

I own this book, I love this book, I have gifted this book many times

From the illustrator of the #1 smash The Day the Crayons Quit comes another bestseller--a giggle-inducing tale of everything tossed, thrown, and hurled in order to free a kite!

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he's determined to get it out. But how? Well, by knocking it down with his shoe, of course. But strangely enough, it too gets stuck. And the only logical course of action . . . is to throw his other shoe. Only now it's stuck! Surely there must be something he can use to get his kite unstuck. An orangutan? A boat? His front door? Yes, yes, and yes. And that's only the beginning. Stuck is Oliver Jeffers' most absurdly funny story since The Incredible Book-Eating Boy. Childlike in concept and vibrantly illustrated as only Oliver Jeffers could, here is a picture book worth rescuing from any tree.

Description from Goodreads

I love Oliver Jeffers with a deep and abiding love. I love the whimsy, fun, and thoughtfulness of his stories and illustrations. I love that they are great read alouds for a class, but also lovely books to snuggle with your kids and read to them as they explore the pictures. This was one of my son's favorite books when he was little and I loved reading it to him. The only downside of Stuck was that the first Christmas after discovering the book. He threw everything into the Christmas tree. We even had a few toys that resembled items from the story, so we were fishing out shoes, trucks, and toy animals.