Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons

by Agee, Jon; Agee, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780374483722
• ISBN10: 0374483728
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

Whether we are pretty ugly or terribly cute, weve all faced a minor catastrophe, made an original copy, or taken a calculated risk. And there are those of us who have turned up missing (sometimes accidentally on purpose).Good grief! These are oxymorons, common expressions made up of two completely contradictory words or elements.Jon Agee follows up his critically acclaimed palindrome books with a collection of over fifty of these strangely familiar phrases, each accompanied by a seriously hilarious illustration. Children and adults alike will be awfully amused by this small masterpiecedestined to be an instant classic!

Author Biography

Jon Agee has written and illustrated five previous books of wordplay, including Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

“Delightfully ticklish.”
– The New York Times Book Review

“Agee, in his droll ink and wash cartoon-type drawings,
displays absurdities of late 20th century life: ‘lengthy brief,’ ‘rock opera,’ ‘home office’ and ‘industrial park.’ Sure to gather a ‘small crowd,’ this book is now an ‘open secret’ and will appeal to ‘gentlemen farmers’ and ‘urban cowboys’ alike.”
– Chicago Sun-Times Book Review

“Middle schoolers involved in the study of language and interested in the meaning of words will find this appealing title to be highly amusing.”
– School Library Journal

“A diverting entree into some of the wilder reaches of language arts.”
–The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books