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Review of George & Lenny Are Always Together
George & Lenny Are Always Together by Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Rocky Pond/Penguin 40 pp.5/25 9780593857731 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593857748 $10.99Lenny, a small gray rabbit, and George, a large brown bear, are an inseparable duo, until Lenny begins to ponder the idea of spending time alone. George, less...
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...
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