Saturday, August 10, 2013

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Bookstore: Orangutan Tongs by Jon Agee

A mouthful of mush.
 
 
This very humorous book of tongue-twisting poems by the Palindrome King himself contains such profundities as the situation of an orangutan who has trouble eating his meal at a restaurant, the kind of noise that annoys a noisy oyster, the triumphs of a bubble gum blowing champ, the disadvantages of getting on the bad side of either an overeager ogre or a surly soldier, the things that a dodo'll do, the ways of a club for people who only use purple paper, and the unfortunate breakup between Patty Petty and Pete. If you like wacky poems, you like tongue twisters, and especially if you like wacky tongue-twisting poems, this is the book for you!
 
 
Here are a couple of my faves:

She can read readin' when it's writ', but she can't read writin' now that it's wrote! :-D
 
Some moose like Moose Munch and Moose Tracks ice cream.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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