New Releases by Jon Agee

This rabbit and bear are inseparable best friends—until now, that is! An irresistible, funny read for fans of Frog & Toad and Elephant & Piggie. George and Lenny are always together. And it''s terrific. They are never alone! So what happens when one of them decides it''s time to try some alone time? Is there a way for them to be alone together? Award-winning picture book creator Jon Agee is at his very best in this endearing, silly story of friendship—of asserting yourself, taking a risk, and still being there for your best buddy.

This is a picture book for preschoolers that is suitable for parent-child play and shared reading. One morning, Madeline stands up straight in the yard, spreads her arms wide and tells her dad that she is pretending to be a tree, and invites him to play pretend with her. But she didn''t realize that her father, who had only agreed to play for a minute at first, would play with Madeleine for a whole day! Their two trees, one big and one small, attracted birds to build nests on their heads, squirrels to stuff acorns into their pockets, and spiders to make webs in their armpits! The trees weren''t afraid of getting tired, or of the rain, or of the dark, and to this evening, Madeline still couldn''t get enough: "Daddy, what are we going to pretend to be tomorrow?" This is a story that will resonate with many parents and children, where children get a kick out of the book and adults gain a new perspective on the parent-child relationship.

A dad and daughter take pretending to an adorable extreme in this funny book that''s perfect for Father''s Day. It’s easy to be a tree. Just pretend your arms are branches, your body is a trunk, and your legs are roots. Don’t move, even if a bird makes a nest on your head, a squirrel hides an acorn in your pocket, and a spider builds a web under your arm. It’s OK: Trees don’t mind those things. Or so says the little girl who persuades her father to be a tree all day long, no matter what, even in the rain! This silly and sweet picture book will inspire all kinds of imaginative play and is a tribute to parents who will do just about anything for their kids.

Do mesmo autor de O muro no meio do livro e Vida em Marte, mais um livro divertido, envolvente e com um desfecho inusitado. Ao tentar adotar um cachorro em um abrigo de animais, uma menina é levada a repensar sobre suas escolhas e desconstruir algumas ideias. O charme do livro está justamente em sua premissa aparentemente simples e nas mudanças ocasionadas pela interação entre um adulto com ideias excêntricas e uma criança com objetivos muito práticos. As ilustrações e, sobretudo, as expressões dos personagens ampliam o aspecto cômico da narrativa. Um ótimo livro para leitura em voz alta que certamente vai inspirar muitas risadas e momentos emocionantes. Indicado para leitores a partir de 3 anos.

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! Otto 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.

La protagonista de este libro va al refugio de animales Valle Alegre decidida a adoptar un perro. La atiende un hombre algo torpe y despistado que le ofrece toda clase de mascotas: una rana, un oso hormiguero, un bebé de babuino, un lagarto un poco sospechoso... Pero la pequeña tiene clarísimo lo que quiere: ¿lo conseguirá? El extraordinario Jon Agee nos ofrece una nueva historia presidida por un humor tiernamente absurdo y una sencillez solo aparente, ¡y con un final que lo pone todo patas arriba!

Art imitates life in this hilarious, absurdist picture book--one of Jon Agee''s most beloved titles, now back in print. "Outrageous!" the judges cried. "Ridiculous!" Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clouseau''s painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a Clousseau masterpiece, and the unknown painter becomes an overnight sensation. That''s when the trouble begins.

A girl seeks her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter in this comical read-aloud by the award-winning creator of Life on Mars The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog--not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her to find her perfect pet?

Un muro divide in due il libro, un lato è sicuro, mentre l''altro pieno di pericoli tra cui un terribile orco affamato. Ma sarà vero? Una storia per riflettere sulle divisioni, i pregiudizi e le paure nei confronti del prossimo.

En el centro de este libro hay un muro. A un lado, un joven caballero con su armadura. Al otro, un tigre feroz, un enorme rinoceronte y un ogro que se zamparía de un bocado a nuestro caballerito. Pero él está tranquilo: el muro lo protege de todo peligro. O eso es lo que él cree. Con aparente sencillez y extraordinario ingenio, Jon Agee nos habla de la necesidad de ampliar horizontes, de abrirnos a nuevos mundos (interiores y exteriores) que nos enriquecen y son nuestra auténtica fortaleza.

"Un pequeño caballero está seguro de que el muro que está en medio del libro lo protege de los peligros que existen del otro lado: un tigre enojado, un rinoceronte gigante y un ogro malvado. Pero el caballero no ha visto al cocodrilo ni al creciente mar que emerge de su lado. De repente, su vida está en peligro, ¿quién podrá ayudarlo? Quizá el otro lado del muro tenga algunas cosas positivas después de todo. Este libro recuerda con humor que las suposiciones sobre las cosas y las personas a menudo están equivocadas." --

A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this clever, amusingly meta picture book by the acclaimed creator of It''s Only Stanley There''s a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero--a young knight--is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from the dangers of the other side--like an angry tiger and giant rhino, and worst of all, an ogre who would gobble him up in a second! But our knight doesn''t seem to notice the crocodile and growing sea of water that are emerging on his side. When he''s almost over his head and calling for help, who will come to his rescue? An individual who isn''t as dangerous as the knight thought--from a side of the book that might just have some positive things to offer after all!

Milo the Magnificent''s magic act isn''t so magnificent after all, until he meets a bear who teaches him the secret to the perfect hat trick in this classic and critically acclaimed picture book, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen Milo the Magnificent is the world’s least magnificent magician. He can''t even pull a rabbit out of his hat! When Mr. Popovich gives him one more chance, Milo knows he has no choice: he has to go out and catch a rabbit for his act. Instead, he catches a bear. And the bear promises to help! Into the hat he dives. Milo rides the train home, sure his act will go off perfectly tonight. But when he arrives in his dressing room, he discovers that he left his hat—and the bear!—on the train. Meanwhile, across town, a man in a restaurant has a very familiar hat . . . Can Milo get his hat back in time for his act?

In this sneaky, silly picture book for fans of Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen, an intrepid—but not so clever—space explorer is certain he’s found the only living thing on Mars A young astronaut is absolutely sure there is life to be found on Mars. He sets off on a solitary mission, determined to prove the naysayers wrong. But when he arrives, equipped with a package of cupcakes as a gift, he sees nothing but a nearly barren planet. Finally, he spies a single flower and packs it away to take back to Earth as proof that there is indeed life on Mars. But as he settles in for the journey home, he cracks open his cupcakes—only to discover that someone has eaten them all! Readers will love being in on the secret: Unbeknownst to the explorer, a Martian has been wandering through the illustrations the whole time—and he got himself a delicious snack along the way.

Nothing seems to go right for Eugene, even when he wins a free trip to Bermuda, but while he is stranded on a tiny, deserted island after being shipwrecked, a broken-winged parrot tells him how to build a boat so that they can both be rescued.

With the wit and read-aloud appeal of Peter Brown’s Children Make Terrible Pets and William Steig’s Pete’s a Pizza, this funny, fierce picture book teaches kids just what it takes to be a great lion There are seven steps to becoming a proper lion, including Looking Fierce, Roaring, Prowling Around, and Pouncing. Our young hero, a rather meek and scrawny human boy, does his best to learn the necessary skills during his training with a master instructor (who just happens to be a real lion). After a grueling set of lessons, the boy discovers that that the final step—Looking Out for Your Friends—is the most important of all. That’s how any kid can earn his lion diploma (not to mention the affection of every cat in town).

What was Santa like as a kid? Award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee brings us the funny, playful answer in this Christmas picture book—now available as a board book. Little Santa loves the North Pole. The rest of his family? Not so much. So, when they decide to move to Florida, Santa is miserable. Lucky for him, a blizzard foils their plans. The only way out of the house is up the chimney. Up goes Santa, to look for help, and along the way, he meets a reindeer and a large group of elves, who are more than eager to join in the rescue! With the sly humor of Jon Klassen and the read-aloud pleasure of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the hardcover edition of Little Santa is already on its way to becoming a Christmas classic. Simple, bold illustrations and a smaller trim size make this board book edition the perfect way to share this story with Santa''s littlest fans.

Fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That''s very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he''s always reassuring: "It''s only Stanley; he''s fixing the oil tank." "It''s only Stanley; he''s clearing the bathtub drain." But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he''s turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter. This is a perfect rhyming read-aloud for fans of irreverent tales like Click Clack Moo and I Want My Hat Back.