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Analysis Of Stuck By Oliver Jeffers

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Stuck by Oliver Jeffers was published 2011 it is one of many wonderful story books for children that is both written and illustrated by the author alone it is a pure fantasy children’s book and written in a prose format. The story begins to talk about a young boy named Floyd whose kite gets stuck onto a tree then it leads the readers into a humor field journey and shares through Floyd’s point of view his determination and struggle to solve a dilemma before he is caught by an adult. The book is an enjoyable story to read to any children in the age group of 4-6 years old because although the story is filled with quirky humor and colorful illustrations it also contains certain vocabulary and complex sentences that might cause a child that is age 0-3 to lose interest in the story quickly since they are not yet able to focus specifically on certain ideas or may be frustrated by the length of the story. …show more content…

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