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32 pp.
| Chronicle
| October, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4521-0914-5$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Adam McCauley.
Granny sends Robert off on a wacky, anagram-packed quest to find his aunt. (He ends up retrieving a tuna.) The colorful, bold design of the retro-style cartoons intensifies the story's weird-dream vibe; various typefaces and clever scenery signage keep the wordplay front and center. Kids will love finding and authenticating the numerous anagrams on each page.
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Nancy Doniger.
In this volume, poet meets Scrabble nerd. Raczka makes poems from a single word by rearranging various letters from that word, anagram-style. Some are imagistic: moonlight is "hot / night / thin / light / moth / in / motion." Some are mini-narratives: friend is "fred / finds / ed." The concrete poem format makes you want to try some yourself.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2011
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mike Cressy.
When Ned creates a "mix-up ray" that transforms objects into anagrams of themselves, his aunt turns into a tuna; his teacher, Mrs. Eton, becomes a monster; and all of the art in the neighborhood museum is transformed. The clever concept is presented through carefully honed rhymed text and zany, cartoonlike illustrations that capture each transformation.
80 pp.
| Farrar
| April, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-374-32127-2$$15.00
(2)
4-6
Agee pairs his urbane comic art with a collection of jumbled words and phrases. The anagrams generally make amazingly apt connections between each set of rearranged words, coupling the eyes with they see and astronomer with moonstarer. The deadpan black-and-white illustrations add fun to this good-natured introduction.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2000
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