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112 pp.
| Farrar |
October, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-374-35730-7$$15.51
(2)
4-6
In this collection of palindromes--words and phrases that read the same forward and backward--an owl in the desert is "too hot to hoot," while a heckler demonstrates how to sass-backward, taunting "Yo, bozo boy!" and "Yo, banana boy!" The clever wordplay and zany black-and-white drawings will have readers so amused they won't know whether they're coming or going.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2002