The Wall in the Middle of the Book

Name: The Wall in the Middle of the Book
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Jon Agee
ISBN: 9781430144038

Author: Jon Agee

Narrator: Everest De Montebello, Marc Thompson

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 03/29/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor

Synopsis

In this subtle presentation of how “walls” separate all of us, even the “good guys”, acclaimed author Jon Agee offers a simple but multi-layered perspective of fear and separation. Clever illustrations are meaningfully integrated into the telling of this timely story.

About Jon Agee

Jon Agee is the author/illustrator of The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau (an ALA Notable), The Return of Freddy Legrand (an SLJ Best Book of 1992), and Dmitri the Astronaut, each chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best picture books of the year. He has also created five books of wordplay, among them Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Richie on June 26, 2018

Richie’s Picks: THE WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK by Jon Agee, Dial, October 2018, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-525-55545-2 “You got to look outside your eyes You got to think outside your brain You got to walk outside your life To where the neighborhood changes” -- Ani DiFranco (1993) “Mr. Gorbachev. Tear down thi......more

Goodreads review by Denia on January 04, 2019

This book is so good. If you ever want to read a children's book that is political but without giving too much away, then read this one. It's pretty much trashing Donald Trump's wall and I love it!......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on October 29, 2018

A tiny knight celebrates the existence of the wall that stands in the middle of this new picture-book from author/illustrator Jon Agee, convinced that it is protecting him from the dangerous creatures on the other side. Little does he realize that the rising water on his own side, and the dangerous......more

Goodreads review by Ricki on June 29, 2018

Sometimes, the invisible generates a fear that becomes greater than us. We focus so much on Othering that we neglect to recognize that the other side of that wall might offer something safe and good... something magnificent. Worse, we focus so intently on our fear of what might exist in the other si......more