Jeffers’s droll resolution-the kite comes down, although afterward Floyd “could have sworn there was something he was forgetting”-is testament to the boy’s single-mindedness and the chaos he leaves in his wake. The tall, narrow format reinforces the tree’s height in comparison to small, stick-figure Floyd. and they all got stuck.” Jeffers (The Incredible Book Eating Boy) pictures the extravagant accumulation in abstract pencil-and-gouache doodles, with hand-lettered text to set a conversational tone. I’m sure you can guess what happened.” Each spread pictures Floyd pitching another item into the tree and growing increasingly frustrated: a bike, a kitchen sink, the milkman, a fire truck, and “a curious whale, in the wrong place at the wrong time. “He was going to sort this out once and for all. Reinforce that CAUSE is why something happened and EFFECT is what happened. Start with a picture walk to open a discussion around the key cause and effect moments. You can explore a list of suggestions below or visit the Cause and Effect Book List. Floyd tosses his sneakers, then his cat, into the leafy branches, and when they get stuck, too, he fetches a ladder. First, choose a book with clear cause and effect events. In an exuberantly absurd tale that recalls the old woman who swallowed a fly, a boy named Floyd goes to ridiculous lengths to remove his kite from a tree.
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