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It's Only Stanley

By Jon Agee

By Jon Agee

By Jon Agee

By Jon Agee

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Hardcover $18.99

Mar 17, 2015 | ISBN 9780803739079 | 5-8 years

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Mar 17, 2015 | ISBN 9780698176683 | 5-8 years

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    About It’s Only Stanley

    Fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee

    Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. “That’s very odd,” says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he’s always reassuring: “It’s only Stanley; he’s fixing the oil tank.” “It’s only Stanley; he’s clearing the bathtub drain.”

    But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he’s turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter. This is a perfect rhyming read-aloud for fans of irreverent tales like Click Clack Moo and I Want My Hat Back.

    About It’s Only Stanley

    Fans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon Agee

    Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. “That’s very odd,” says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he’s always reassuring: “It’s only Stanley; he’s fixing the oil tank.” “It’s only Stanley; he’s clearing the bathtub drain.”

    But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he’s turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter. This is a perfect rhyming read-aloud for fans of irreverent tales like Click Clack Moo and I Want My Hat Back.

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    Also by Jon Agee

    My Dad Is a Tree
    Otto: A Palindrama
    The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau
    I Want a Dog
    The Wall in the Middle of the Book
    See all books by Jon Agee

    About Jon Agee

    Jon Agee is the beloved author and illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Terrific (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), Milo’s Hat Trick (an ALA Notable Book), Little Santa (an ALA Notable Book and recipient of five starred… More about Jon Agee

    About Jon Agee

    Jon Agee is the beloved author and illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Terrific (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), Milo’s Hat Trick (an ALA Notable Book), Little Santa (an ALA Notable Book and recipient of five starred… More about Jon Agee

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Rocky Pond Books
    Mar 17, 2015 | 32 Pages | 8-1/2 x 11 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9780803739079

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Rocky Pond Books
    Mar 17, 2015 | 32 Pages | 5-8 years | ISBN 9780698176683

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    Praise

    Praise for It’s Only Stanley

    A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
    Washington Post Best Children’s Books of 2015
    Boston Globe Best Books of 2015
    Booklist Editors’ Choice 2015
    A Horn Book Fanfare Book
    Huffington Post Best Picture Books of 2015 (Winner: Funniest)

    “Delightful.”—The Boston Globe

    “[A] superbly absurd tale . . . The rhyming text is natural and paced for surprise. And the droll watercolors handle facial expressions well from aggravation to awe to admiraton.”—The San Francisco Chronicle

    * “Agee and his simple, droll watercolors return with a work that manages to be absurdist, alarming, and—just when you least expect it—poignant. . . . Very strange, and very, very wonderful.”—Booklist, starred review

    * “Agee appeals to connoisseurs of the absurd, and he shapes ridiculous developments into a tightly composed and satisfying picture book.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

    “Fun—just plain fun.”—Kirkus

    “Agee knows what his young readers want—plain silliness—and he delivers. Hilarious.”—School Library Journal

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