Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other Spoonerisms [Hardcover]

Jon Agee (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: 2 and up

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.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3 Up In this amusing wordplay collection, humorous and expressive gray-and-white illustrations accompany each question and response. What did Grandpa say to his favorite granddaughter? Let me give you a hair bug! In the same way, Handle with care becomes Candle with hair and You have very bad manners becomes You have very mad banners. An answer key on the back page explains What they said and What they meant to say. The cover painting, which shows a cowboy eating beans back to back with an academic holding his nose, will attract kids. Combining the thrill of a riddle with the silliness of a spoonerism, Agee has created another winner. Kirsten Cutler, Sonoma Library, CA
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Gr. 2-4. "What did the trucker order for lunch?" Turn the page and find the answer: "A chilled grease sandwich." Using full-page black-and-white cartoons that play with the mixed-up words, Agee captures the fun of spoonerisms. The farce of the verbal puns is extended by pictures that caricature everyone--from the yokel who tells the cute little girl "you have such a dirty pimple" to the class genius who "burned a lunch." And of course, there's the mix-up captured in the title. A brief introduction explains what a spoonerism is, and the last page summarizes "what they said" with "what they meant to say." Kids will recognize the embarrassment of flip-flopping words as well as the fun when someone else does it. Sure to be read aloud. For more spoonerisms, suggest Shel Silverstein's Runny Babbit (2005). Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Michael Di Capua Books (October 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078683692X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786836925
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not His Best, August 29, 2007

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This review is from: Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other Spoonerisms (Hardcover)

This is an OK book, but the stated reading/interest level is from the Twilight Zone. The very young may find some of the pictures funny, but can't possibly appreciate the writer's talent or the humor of many of these spoonerisms. I am a big fan of Jon Agee, but this book doesn't compare to his best. Those looking for fart humor will be disappointed. There's only one fart spoonerism in the book.

spudman

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids will find many of the wordplay results hilarious, December 9, 2006

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This review is from: Smart Feller Fart Smeller: And Other Spoonerisms (Hardcover)

Black and white drawings throughout accompany a zany collection of 'spoonerisms' - words that happen by accident when talking too fast. Kids will find many of the wordplay results hilarious - and familiar - and will also find the riddle format intriguing and fun: a fine language challenge.