Books by Jon Agee
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review 1: Little Santa is a great book to read to any elementary grades around Christmas time. The story tells about Santa's life growing up and all the adventures and struggles he went through to become who he is today. The book jumps around a lot which makes it somewhat hard to follow al...
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review 1: This book is intended for children ages 4-8 and I feel that the text is perfect for a beginning reader with only a few difficult words. The story is about a young boy who gets a rhinoceros fro a pet . The boy is sad that the rhino does nothing at all. He lays around and sleeps al...
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review 1: “The Retired Kid” by Jon Agee is a picture book for children in the primary age group ranging from ages five to eight. “The Retired Kid” tells the story of Brain, who decides he is finished with school after eight years and ready to retire. Brian packs up his things and moves to ...
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review 1: Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog was honestly extremely fun for me to read. Basically, it's a book all about animal puns using Mr. Putney's animals. For example, the first page starts off by asking what wakes Mr. Putney up in the morning. On the next page, you see a picture of an armadi...
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review 1: Agee, J. (2011). My rhinoceros. New York: scholastic. The story begins with a little boy who has bought a rhinoceros but claims that he did not know what he was getting himself into. At first he seemed like a good pet. But then the little boy started realizing that the pet did...
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review 1: The Other Side of Town was a funny book with an interesting twist on New York City. When a cab driver picks up a man who wants to go to the other side of town, he isn't exactly aware of what he is getting himself into, or how exactly he is going to get back home. With funny spins...
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review 1: This book offers an entertaining collection of tongue-twisting poems that are fun to read aloud. The rhyming alliteration is very tricky at times, and our girls got more enjoyment out of listening to me perform the verbal gymnastics than by trying it themselves. The results wer...