When Floyd got his kite stuck high in the tree, he knew he was too small to climb the tree, instead, to no avail, he threw his shoe, his cat Mitch, his ladder, a buket of paint, a duck, a chair, his friend's bike, the kitchen sink, the front door to the house, the family car, the milkman, an orangutan, a small boat to knock down the orangutan, a big boat to knock down the small boat, a rhinoceros the knock down the big boat, a long-distance truck to knock down the rhino, and the ouse across the street.

As the tree continued to get cramped with all the objects thrown at it and stuck in it, he continued by throwing in a lighthouse, a whale, and a passing firetruck with fireman thrown one by one.

And, as the book notes, there they stayed, every single one of them. Trying to think harder to be successful, he hurled a saw. Ahah, there was success as the kite came down. Forgetting everything else, Floyd went to happily play with his kite. Late at night, just before falling asleep, he remembered that he forgot all the items in the tree.

As a funny ending, Jeffers had the reader know that Floyd wasn't done throwing objects at the tree and he thought "Hang on a minute, I've got a great idea."

At first I didn't like this book, thinking there were others by the author that I enjoyed more. But, when reading it again, I realized the creativity of Jeffers, and knew if the intended audience was a small child, that child would find the book very funny.

I found Jeffer's a first-class story teller. Placing himself in the mind of a little stubborn boy, this author and his book are winners! ( )

I’ve discovered Not-My-Favorite-Oliver-Jeffers book. All reports I’m reading say that the target audience (young children) loves this absurd fun. Read my full review here. ( )

I bought this book and tested it out on my 1st graders, and they loved it. The writing inside is handwritten and a bit hard to read, but the story is great and the kids think it is funny. A boy gets his kite stuck in a tree, and he starts throwing things trying to knock it down, and everything gets stuck. The things he throws keep getting bigger- shoes, cats, ladders, boats, whales- until he knocks his kite down. It was cute and showed funny perseverance. ( )

Floyd gets his kite stuck in a tree. As he tries to get it out, he only creates a bigger problem. This story does a good job getting readers interacting with the book and introduces the concept of cause and effect. While the story was cute, I didn't find myself loving it that much. It was missing something in the story line that took it to a deeper meaning. It was okay but I probably would not read it again. ( )

This is a very silly story about a kid who needs to get a kite out of a tree after it gets stuck. He attempts to get the kite by throwing a series of larger, and stranger objects up at the kite, but these objects all get stuck too. This book could be used in a book to introduce gravity to younger students. ( )