Oliver Jeffers Talks Stick Legs and Reads From His Latest Children's Book

Posted on September 18, 2011

Oliver Jeffers next children's book, Stuck, will arrive in stores in November. Stuck is about a boy who tries to get his kite unstuck from a tree. Jeffers says he is often asked whether he knows how to draw feet as his characters have stick legs but lack feet. The feetless pencil-line legs have become part of Jeffers' recognized style. Jeffers reads from his book in the second clip. Take a look:



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