Dmitri the Astronaut

‘It’s me!’ says Dmitri. ‘I’m back from the moon!’ But alas, nobody remembers the former space hero anymore. Unknown to Dmitri, Lulu—his loyal lunar pal—has stowed away in his sack of moon rocks, and this remarkable creature soon becomes an overnight sensation. While the forgotten astronaut mopes, scientists are puzzling over Lulu’s crayon drawings of a mysterious figure. Who on earth can he possibly be?

Children's Books

Agee, Jon

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

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

Whether we are pretty ugly or terribly cute, weve all faced a minor catastrophe, made an original copy, or taken a calculated risk. And there are those of us who have turned up missing (sometimes accidentally on purpose).Good grief! These are oxymorons, common expressions made up of two completely contradictory words or elements.Jon Agee follows up his critically acclaimed palindrome books with a collection of over fifty of these strangely familiar phrases, each accompanied by a seriously hilarious illustration. Children and adults alike will be awfully amused by this small masterpiecedestined to be an instant classic!

Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?

Humor

‘It’s me!’ says Dmitri. ‘I’m back from the moon!’ But alas, nobody remembers the former space hero anymore. Unknown to Dmitri, Lulu—his loyal lunar pal—has stowed away in his sack of moon rocks, and this remarkable creature soon becomes an overnight sensation. While the forgotten astronaut mopes, scientists are puzzling over Lulu’s crayon drawings of a mysterious figure. Who on earth can he possibly be?

Otto: A Palindrama

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!\nOtto 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.

Rocky Pond Books

Jon Agee and his better half, Eega Noj, have conspired again to inspire palindromania in Mom, Pop, Sis, and the family pup. With over sixty new reversible absurdities, readers will be doing a double take, while the preposterous illustrations leave them begging between guffaws, No, Jon!

So Many Dynamos!: and Other Palindromes

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Eegad, Agee! Not another palindrome book! Well-known author and illustrator Jon Agee has been playing with words again, and now a third collection of clever, absurd, and hilarious reversible phrases is the result. These palindromes and their accompanying cartoons will inspire laughs long after first sight. One may feel compelled to go through the book again backwards -- appropriately palindromically -- to revisit his or her favorites.

Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!: More Palindromes

A Clever Cartoonist Explores The Rearrangement Of Letters Jon Agee, a picture-book author and illustrator whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, is not new to wordplay. Three previous collections of palindromes bear his name, so it was only a matter of time before he departed from merely reading words backward and forward. Now he has taken words and phrases and tossed their letters in the air, and when they land, their new formations are often uncannily related to the originals--or at least they are after Agee is done with them. From the simple (Poetry/Try Poe) to the slightly more complex (Halitosis/Lois Has It) to the sublimely ridiculous (The Best Things In Life Are Free/Nail-Biting Refreshes The Feet), Agee manages to make perfect sense out of these anagrams and more than sixty others by pairing them with his deftly funny pictures. Like all truly great cartoons, his are ones that demand frequent visits and laughter.

Elvis Lives: And Other Anagrams

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Zany black-and-white drawings complement a selection of palindromes, words or sentences that read the same forward and backward. All ages.

Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes

Activities, Crafts & Games

Clousseau's painting of a duck is so realistic that he wins the Grand Contest of Art, but when his other paintings come to life, their owners demand that he be put in jail

Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Books by Agee, Jon

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Dmitri the Astronaut

Dmitri the Astronaut

Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp?

Dmitri the Astronaut

Otto: A Palindrama

So Many Dynamos!: and Other Palindromes

Sit on a Potato Pan, Otis!: More Palindromes

Elvis Lives: And Other Anagrams

Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes

Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau