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Palindromania!
by
Jon Agee
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 hi...more
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 hi...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
March 31st 2009
by Square Fish
(first published October 24th 2002)
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SO fun! That is what this book was.
Orionally, I had no idea what this book was until I noticed that backwards, the sayings are exactly the same. And I was like, "Ohhhh! Now I know what this book is about" ifelt like a realy idiot. The bookwas entertaining. My favourite one has to be about that guy who escaped out of prison I think and the guards called him a fatso and then they went to their bosses and he was a fatso. :D
That was a bad description. LOL
You should read it whoever you are. So go!!!!...more
Orionally, I had no idea what this book was until I noticed that backwards, the sayings are exactly the same. And I was like, "Ohhhh! Now I know what this book is about" ifelt like a realy idiot. The bookwas entertaining. My favourite one has to be about that guy who escaped out of prison I think and the guards called him a fatso and then they went to their bosses and he was a fatso. :D
That was a bad description. LOL
You should read it whoever you are. So go!!!!...more
Sep 20, 2011
Dave Ward
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
humor,
non-fiction
Palindromania by Jon Agee (Farrar Strauss & Giroux 2002)(793.734) is a short book with some very funny palindromes (words or phrases which are spelled the same backwards and forwards) which I had never heard (e.g. "Tis in a Desoto sedan I sit" and "Mr. Owl ate my metal worm."). 6/10, finished 9/19/11.
Jun 20, 2010
Dree
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2010-reads,
library-books-2010
I found this in the kids section, and I thought my kids would get a kick out of it. "Fish Under Stress" is truly funny. The boys liked toilet humor. Many they didn't really get, and were too long to actually make sense. But it was interesting to see them ponder over seeing if they were truly palindromes :)
Apr 18, 2012
Angela
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
palindrome,
introduction
This is a very engaging book for older grades. I think this book would be perfect from 3rd grade and up. This book can be used as an introduction book to what palindromes are. This book is written with speech bubbles, so students will enjoy it.
This is one of the most fun books ever! John Agee, the "droll lord" of palindromes! (thank you for that palindrome, Will Shortz) Nicely knockabout drawings, too.
You will find there are more palindromes than you though. Gotta love these kinds of books.
Simple drawings set to, sometimes, witty palindromes. Fun for the academic :)
Fun, well worth it as a palindrome fan.
Don't you just love palindromes? I have been fascinated by them since third grade. I love words, phrases and numbers. It makes life seem centered when the odometer reads 25,852. Or when you are out walking and see a company named Zerorez.
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A great comic illustrated pages full of amazing palindromes.
"Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?" is an example as one of these palindromes.
"Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?" is an example as one of these palindromes.
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Feb 17, 2013
Eddy Allen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
animals-and-children
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