SuitabookPersistence and changing the goal
Ollie keeps trying different ways to fly, and Jack recognises that failing to fly in those ways does not prevent another form of soaring.
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Jan L. Coates - Author
Ollie repeatedly tries to fly, while Jack joins his experiments and continues to support him. The attempts include natural materials, a kite and homemade clockwork wings; one attempt ends in a crash, followed by a broader understanding of what it means to soar.
First Jack and Ollie try the leafy branches. Then a giant kite. Idea after idea, invention after invention, boy and pig drag them all to the top of the highest hill. Then Ollie runs as hard as ever a pig could run, until his trotters lift from the ground and―Crash! The tale of a pig who wants―against all popular truisms―to fly. He may never reach the sky on homemade clockwork wings, but Ollie still dreams as hard as ever a pig can dream. And Jack, a true friend, realizes that just because a pig can’t fly in the ways they have tried doesn’t mean he can never soar. An uplifting picture book for anyone who has tried and tried again.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceOllie repeatedly tries to fly, while Jack joins his experiments and continues to support him. The attempts include natural materials, a kite and homemade clockwork wings; one attempt ends in a crash, followed by a broader understanding of what it means to soar.
Ollie keeps trying different ways to fly, and Jack recognises that failing to fly in those ways does not prevent another form of soaring.
Jack participates in Ollie’s ideas and later understands that Ollie may soar without achieving flight through the tested inventions.
The crash and the repeated failed attempts may merit a brief check-in, especially for a child who finds setbacks upsetting.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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