STICK MAN

STICK MAN by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated Axel Scheffler.

Stick Man is a humorous story told in rhyme about a stick man. He lives in a tree with his stick wife and stick kids. One day he decides to wake up early and go for a jog. While out he is mistaken for a regular stick and is passed through a series of ordinary stick related adventures that take him far from home (think dog, child, beach, etc). All he wants is to get home to his little stick family. Just when it seems the end might be near for our little stick friend, a jolly man in a red suit helps him get home in time for Christmas.

Axel Scheffler's illustrations in this picture book add some laugh out loud humor to this story. After all, who would imagine a tale about a stick as a Christmas story?