You’ll have more luck encouraging your tot to sit still for storytime if you read him Oliver Jeffers’ hilarious new picture book, “Stuck” (Philomel Books). Recommended for children ages 3-7, this is the tale of Floyd, whose kite gets stuck in a tree.
The resourceful boy exhausts numerous attempts in trying to get it back, and the comic results are never what the reader expects. Instead of climbing the ladder to retrieve the kite, Floyd hurls it into the tree, hoping to knock down the pinned toy! And this is just one of his many creative — and foiled — ideas to free the kite — each one, ramping up the suspense and teasing yelps of laughter from young and old readers alike.
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers, $16.99.
Oliver Jeffers will be appearing at Powerhouse Arena [37 Main St. at Front Street in Brooklyn, (718) 666-3049] on Dec. 4, 3-5 pm. For more, visit www.powerhousearena.com/events/kids/.
