The haganinny,

by Lonzo Anderson, Susan Harris Andersen (Illustrator)

Hired to hunt down the hateful haganinny, a boy meets many hazards on the way including ossicles, shartles, and boashaboos.

31 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

John Lonzo Anderson was born on March 1, 1905 outside of Ellijay, Georgia. He graduated from Harvard University in 1928 and married illustrator Adrienne Adams in 1935. Anderson and his wife collaborated on a number of children's books.

Reviews

[Chris Browning · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a nice idea to try and replicate an Edward Lear style of nonsense in a picture book like this, but the problem is that Lonzo Anderson’s text is merely fine compared to the extraordinary imagery of Susan Harris Andersen. Her art is so odd and unsettling and funny that it highlights the gulf between the drawings and the story. I suspect the problem would have been solved by getting a great designer in to mess around with the words in different sizes and fonts, because otherwise it’s quite unengaging compared to the imagery