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From Publishers Weekly
Palindromic pundit Agee follows up his Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! with another volume of black-and-white cartoons and punchy captions that can be read forward or backward. Some of the palindromes clearly will tickle kids' fancy: "Pupil's slipup" shows a child drawing a caricature of his teacher, unaware that the subject of his ridicule is peering over his shoulder; and a girl sipping through a straw looks aghast at hairy bumps on it ("Straw warts"). Other Agee creations seemed aimed at adults: in "Diana Bruno, On Urban Aid," a woman points at a labyrinthine diagram of where tax dollars are going; and "Flo, Gin is a sin! I golf!" says one golf-club-toting nun to a sister grabbing a drink at a bar. Two other palindromes also involve bar scenes, which may offend some parents, librarians or teachers. Also running to the off-color (but likely to please kids) are such cartoons as that of a dog lifting his leg as he addresses a man painting the Tower of Pisa ("As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!"); and that of a scientist gazing through an enormous microscope as a colleague wonders what he sees: "Snot or protons?" All ages.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-6. Like Agee's earlier collection of palindromes (words or phrases that read the same, backwards or forwards) Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog (1992), this book features one palindromic phrase per page or spread. Cartoonlike drawings with gray washes give the sometimes oddly matched words such as "Gabe's on a Nosebag" and "Snot or Protons" a context, giving readers a reason to chuckle at an otherwise irrational phrase. The book will certainly please children (and adults) who love wordplay; they'll marvel at Agee's inventiveness. Even children who have never heard of a palindrome will be drawn to the cartoons, while readers fascinated by concept may want to try writing (and illustrating) their own. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Palindromic pundit Agee follows up his Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! with another volume of black-and-white cartoons and punchy captions that can be read forward or backward. Some of the palindromes clearly will tickle kids' fancy: "Pupil's slipup" shows a child drawing a caricature of his teacher, unaware that the subject of his ridicule is peering over his shoulder; and a girl sipping through a straw looks aghast at hairy bumps on it ("Straw warts"). Other Agee creations seemed aimed at adults: in "Diana Bruno, On Urban Aid," a woman points at a labyrinthine diagram of where tax dollars are going; and "Flo, Gin is a sin! I golf!" says one golf-club-toting nun to a sister grabbing a drink at a bar. Two other palindromes also involve bar scenes, which may offend some parents, librarians or teachers. Also running to the off-color (but likely to please kids) are such cartoons as that of a dog lifting his leg as he addresses a man painting the Tower of Pisa ("As I pee, sir, I see Pisa!"); and that of a scientist gazing through an enormous microscope as a colleague wonders what he sees: "Snot or protons?" All ages.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-6. Like Agee's earlier collection of palindromes (words or phrases that read the same, backwards or forwards) Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog (1992), this book features one palindromic phrase per page or spread. Cartoonlike drawings with gray washes give the sometimes oddly matched words such as "Gabe's on a Nosebag" and "Snot or Protons" a context, giving readers a reason to chuckle at an otherwise irrational phrase. The book will certainly please children (and adults) who love wordplay; they'll marvel at Agee's inventiveness. Even children who have never heard of a palindrome will be drawn to the cartoons, while readers fascinated by concept may want to try writing (and illustrating) their own. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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