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Orangutan Tongs
Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
By Agee, Jon
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-42310-315-8
- Publisher
- Hyperion
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Gr 1-5 From the title poem to a silly trip up a hill for "Gus's Gas," or a praise of "Unique New York," this collection is loaded with tricky tongue-twisting rhymes that will challenge readers. For example: "A dodo'll dawdle, a dodo'll diddle, /A dodo'll doodle a doodle or two./A dodo'll yodel, a dodo'll coo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2009
Inspired by such trusty tongue twisters as "Peggy Babcock" and "Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?" the ever-effervescent Agee fashions thirty-four comic verses, crediting Alvin Schwartz's A Twister of Twists, A Tangler of Tongues (1972) as his principle influence. Each poem features daft characters ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2009
Ever-effervescent Agee fashions thirty-four comic verses, each featuring daft characters and a succinct scenario. Sometimes t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
Author/illustrator Jon Agee (The Retired Kid; Nothing) is an author/illustrator readers can depend on for fun. His latest offering, Orangutan Tongs, does not disappoint. Agee notes that most of the poems that appear in Orangutan Tongs were inspired by “classic English-language tongue twisters.” Including fresh and familiar poems, such as “I Saw Esau,” “Cranky Oyster,” “Purple-Paper People,” and “Rotten Writing,” this collection will delight adults while offering something brand...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
