Retired Kid, The
from Hyperion Book CH
"It's been a wonderful eight years, but I need a break."
At the Happy Sunset Retirement Community, there's Ethel, Myrtle, Harvey, and Tex. And then there's Brian. The retired kid. He's here to escape school, homework, and daily chores.
But retired living has its challenges, especially when you're sixty years younger than everybody else!
Terrific (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))
from Hyperion Book CH
Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!: and Other Palindromes
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
The Return of Freddy Legrand
by Jon Agee
from Sunburst
Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?: and Other Oxymorons
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other Spoonerisms: Smart Feller Fart Smeller and Other Spoonerisms
from Hyperion Book CH
Everybody says spoonerisms. They happen by accident when youre talking or thinking too fast and you flip-flop the initial sounds of words. Like when you mean to say HANDLE WITH CARE, but it comes out CANDLE WITH HAIR. Or when A WELL-OILED BICYCLE comes out A WELL-BOILED ICICLE, or THANKS FOR DOING THE CHORES turns into THANKS FOR CHEWING THE DOORS.Wordplay master Jon Agee takes some of the more comical examples of these verbal mix-ups and pairs them with his equally hilarious pictures. Its a combination that will tickle your BUNNY PHONE.
Mean Margaret (Laura Geringer Books)
by Tor Seidler
from HarperTrophy
Question: What do a pair of newlywed woodchucks, a squirrel, a testy snake, a skunk, and a couple of bats have in common with a family of pudgy human beings named Hubble?
Answer: Their lives are all turned topsy-turvy by a tyrannical three-year-old named Margaret.
Question: Will Mean Margaret ever realize that there's more to life than being nasty to everybody?
Answer: Read this touching comedy and find out.
Praise for The Wainscott Weasel
An ALA Notable Children's Book
`It's just possible that not since a spider named Charlotte saved a pig named Wilbur has there been a more tender tale of interspecies love and devotion.' 'The New York Times Book Review
`This well-realized fantasy has everything a reader could want: adventure, humor, and style.' 'Starred/ALA Booklist
Z Goes Home
from Hyperion Books for Children
Everybody has a job to do, and so does the letter Z. But when the workday's done, Z goes home. On the way Z must pass an Alien, a Bridge, a Cake, and 22 other 'characters,' each of them suggesting a familiar shape in Jon Agee's delightful illustrations. After running into a Viper by a Woodpile, some Xeroxes, and a Yoga master, Z does arrive home, finally. Home sweet home, where Z fits right in. JON AGEE is the author/illustrator of The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau (an ALA Notable), The Return of Freddy Legrand (an SLJ Best Book), and Dmitri the Astronaut, each chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best picture books of the year. He has also created six popular books of wordplay, among them Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! He lives in San Francisco.
Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!: More Palindromes
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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