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Review of My Dad Is a Tree
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Rocky Pond/Penguin 40 pp. 5/23 9780593531372 $18.99 e-book ed. 9780593531389 $10.99 While her father does yard work, Madeleine stands still, arms outstretched. She’s pretending to be a tree, “because a tree gets to stay outside all...
Review of Otto: A Palindrama
Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Dial 144 pp. g 12/21 978-0-8037-4162-1 $17.99 Paper ed. 978-0-14-751349-6 $10.99 e-book ed. 978-0-5931-1284-7 $8.99 Idiosyncratic picture-book creator and consummate wordsmith Agee has crafted a graphic novel pulling together work from several past titles (including Go Hang a...
Review of The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee; illus. by the author Primary Dial 40 pp. g 2/21 978-0-593-11265-6 $17.99 In Agee’s 1988 picture book, a Horn Book Fanfare title, everyone at the Grand Contest of Art hates the title character’s painting — a simply drawn duck in a...
Review of I Want a Dog
I Want a Dog by Jon Agee; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Dial 40 pp. 9/19 978-0-525-55546-9 $17.99 A determined girl heads to the Happy-dale Animal Shelter, pulling a red wagon. When she tells the shelter worker that she wants a dog, he shows her everything but a dog....
Review of The Wall in the Middle of the Book
The Wall in the Middle of the Bookby Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPreschool Dial 48 pp.10/18 978-0-525-55545-2 $17.99Unlike Richard Byrne’s This Book Just Ate My Dog! (rev. 1/15), wherein the book’s gutter did service as a chasm to be negotiated by the characters, here it...
The Wall in the Middle of the Book
Jon Agee is a brilliant picture book creator — who has never won a Caldecott. In this year of breathtaking contenders, it might seem a stretch to suggest that his The Wall in the Middle of the Book could put him over the top (that's a little joke for those of you who already know this clever and surprise-twisty title)....
Preview May/June 2017 Horn Book Magazine
Special Issue: HumorCover by Jon Agee.“Say Something Funny”: musings of author and accidental humorist Lisa Yee.New Yorker art editor and TOON publisher Françoise Mouly asks, “What’s So Funny About Comics?”“Laughter and Resistance”: Philip Nel on humor as a weapon in the age of Trump.“Mocking Moscow”: author Eugene Yelchin on political...
Jon Agee on Life on Mars
In our January/February 2017 issue, our editors asked author/illustrator Jon Agee about parallels between his 2015 BGHB Honor book It's Only Stanley and his latest, Life on Mars. Read the full starred review.Horn Book editors: Is this the same (out-of-this) world as It’s Only Stanley?Jon Agee: Yes, sort of. Both...
Review of Life on Mars
Life on Marsby Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Dial 32 pp.2/17 978-0-399-53852-0 $17.99 gIt’s Only Stanley (rev. 5/15) was a star-crossed (canine) love story that ended on the moon. Now Agee brings readers to the Red Planet. What would you bring along on a trip to search for...
It's Only Stanley: Jon Agee's 2015 BGHB PB Honor Speech
Thank you to The Horn Book and the Boston Globe. And to Lauri Hornik and Lily Malcom, my wonderful publisher and art director. And congratulations to Marla and Oliver. (Great choices, judges.)A few words about It’s Only Stanley:This is a love story. There’s a lot of love in this book...
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