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Adam Rex




Adam Rex

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Adam Rex grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, the middle of three children. He was neither the smart one (older brother) or the cute one (younger sister), but he was the one who could draw. He took a lot of art classes as a kid, trying to learn to draw better, and started painting when he was 11. And later in life he was drawn down to Tucson in order to hone his skills, get a BFA from the University of Arizona, and meet his physicist wife Marie (who is both the smart and cute one).

Adam and Marie have lived in Philadelphia since 2001, where Adam draws, paints, writes, spends too much time on the internet, and listens to public radio. They have two cats, Little Nemo and Dr. Simon Dicker. Adam is nearsighted, bad at all sports, learning to...more




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avg rating: 4.23 | 1,439 ratings | 530 reviews | 14 distinct works | 17 fans
The True Meaning of Smekday The True Meaning of Smekday
by Adam Rex
avg rating 4.21 — 657 ratings — published 2007
2 editions
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Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
by Adam Rex
avg rating 4.42 — 263 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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Pssst! Pssst!
by Adam Rex
avg rating 4.30 — 171 ratings — published 2007
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Frankenstein Takes the Cake Frankenstein Takes the Cake
by Adam Rex
avg rating 4.24 — 129 ratings — published 2008
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Billy Twitters and His Blue Wh... Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
by Mac Barnett, Adam Rex (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.00 — 64 ratings — published 2009
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Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing Ab... Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me (Lucy Rose Books)
by Katy Kelly, Adam Rex
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2004
7 editions
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Tree-Ring Circus Tree-Ring Circus
by Adam Rex
avg rating 3.80 — 51 ratings — published 2006
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Guess Again! Guess Again!
by Mac Barnett, Adam Rex (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.02 — 45 ratings — published 2009
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The Dirty Cowboy The Dirty Cowboy
by Amy Timberlake (Goodreads author), Adam Rex
avg rating 4.19 — 31 ratings — published 2003
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Lucy Rose: Big on Plans Lucy Rose: Big on Plans
by Katy Kelly, Adam Rex (Illustrator)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005
6 editions
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Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't... Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe
by Katy Kelly, Adam Rex (Illustrator)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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The Case of the Case of Mistak... The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
by Mac Barnett, Adam Rex (Illustrator)
avg rating 4.10 — 21 ratings — published 2009
3 editions
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Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of... Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story
by Adam Rex
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010
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Lucy Rose Lucy Rose
by Adam Rex, Katy Kelly
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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"Wherefor are you knowing it? If you stacked all of the Gorg in the galaxy on top of eachother, the Gorg would kill you."
Adam Rex (The True Meaning of Smekday)
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"'YOU have no room to laugh, that's all. I'm not doing any worse with Boovish than you did with English.'
'Get off of the car,' J.Lo huffed. 'I am an English superstar.'
'Uh-uh. There's no comparison. 'Gratuity' in written Boovish has seventeen different bubbles that all have to be the right size and in the right place. 'J.Lo' in written English only has three letters, and you still spelled it 'M-smiley face-pound sign.'"
Adam Rex (The True Meaning of Smekday)
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"'Is there a short-eared koobish, then?'
'Mmmyes ...' said J.Lo. 'But it is technically not really a koobish. Is more alike a kind of singing pumpkin.'
We had conversations like these all the time, where I just eventually gave up."
Adam Rex (The True Meaning of Smekday)
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