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Books with author Jon Agee

  • If Snow Falls

    Jon Agee

    Paperback (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Oct. 12, 1982)
    One December night, a child dreams of an old man who makes something secret in his workshop that he later brings to the child's house through the falling snow.
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  • Palindromania!

    Jon Agee

    Paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 31, 2009)
    In this entertaining collection featuring themed sections, comic-strip-style stories, and even lengthy monologues, Jon Agee, the prime purveyor of palindromes, offers over one hundred sixty familiar and unfamiliar palindromes paired with all-new masterly cartoons in a treasury for word lovers young and old. โ€œAll hail Jon Agee, the โ€˜Droll Lordโ€™ of palindromes!โ€ โ€“ Will Shortz โ€œFor Jon Agee, creating palindromes is irrepressible.โ€ โ€“ Associated Press โ€œA creative, comedic gem.โ€ โ€“ Booklist
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  • Milo's Hat Trick

    Jon Agee

    Hardcover (Michael Di Capua Books, April 12, 2001)
    After failing to perform any good magic tricks during his show, Milo is close to losing his job, but while searching for a rabbit in the woods, Milo encounters a clever bear and quickly decides to use him for his next great trick that is sure to wow the audience. 40,000 first printing.
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  • If Snow Falls: A Story for December

    Jon Agee

    Library Binding (Random House Childrens Books, Nov. 1, 1982)
    A little boy dreams that Santa Claus has made a special gift that he will bring on Christmas Eve
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  • The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau

    Jon Agee

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 15, 1990)
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  • Milo's Hat Trick

    Jon Agee

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  • The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau

    Jon Agee

    Hardcover (Faber and Faber, March 15, 1989)
    At a Grand Contest of Art, the unanimous winner is Felix Clousseau - but his pictures come to life and wreck havoc. This first book by Jon Agee uses humour, colour and visual surprise to keep the attention of readers and listeners right up to the unexpected ending.
  • Return of Freddy Legrand

    Jon Agee

    Unknown Binding (Farrar Straus & Giroux., Jan. 1, 1992)
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  • Dmitri the Astronaut

    Jon Agee

    Hardcover (Harpercollins, Sept. 1, 1996)
    Returning to Earth with the astronaut who became a companion during a visit to the moon, Lulu the lunar creature becomes an overnight sensation after drawing pictures of a mysterious figure
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  • Ludlow Laughs

    Jon Agee

    School & Library Binding (Tandem Library, Sept. 15, 1987)
    Grumpy Ludlow only laughs at night while dreaming and his contagious laughter entertains the whole world until one night, the laughter stops.
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  • The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau

    Jon Agee

    (Dial Books, Feb. 9, 2021)
    Art imitates life in this hilarious, absurdist picture book--one of Jon Agee's most beloved titles, now back in print."Outrageous!" the judges cried. "Ridiculous!" Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clouseau's painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation. That's when the trouble begins.
  • Otto: A Palindrama

    Jon Agee

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Feb. 16, 2021)
    This absurdly clever and funny graphic novel, told entirely in palindromes, is created by World Palindrome Champion Jon Agee, author of Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! Wow!Otto is having a very palindramatic day. His pet, Pip, has gone missing, and his search for the dog leads him deeper and deeper into a strange and perplexing world--full of talking owls, stacks of cats, storms and mazes, boats and trains and automobiles . . . oh my! Everything seems to be the same backward and forward, and Pip isn't sure he'll ever find his way home to Mom and Pop. But you, reader, will enjoy his Oz-like journey thoroughly.