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Palindromania!

Jon Agee

Illustrated by Jon Agee

Ages 8 to 12
Paperback

Synopsis

The ultimate celebration for the palindromic year 2002!

What exactly is "palindromania"? It's the inability to see the word STRAW without thinking WARTS. It's the powerful impulse to reverse the name OPRAH to make it HARPO. It's the uncontrollable urge to buy A TOYOTA. It's an obsession with words and phrases that read exactly the same forwards and backwards. And now, in his most entertaining and extensive volume, Jon Agee, the prime purveyor of palindromes, has taken this unique word phenomenon to a whole new level. Featuring themed sections, comic-strip-style stories, and even lengthy monologues, Agee's collection of over 160 familiar and unfamiliar palindromes paired with all-new masterly cartoons is a treasure for word-lovers young and old.

Palindromania! is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Details

31 March 2009
112 pages
9780374400255
Imprint: Square Fish

Reviews

“For Jon Agee, creating palindromes is irrepressible.” —Associated Press

“A creative, comedic gem.” —Booklist