Palindromania!

By Jon Agee

The inside of the dust jacket defines palindromania as the following:
1. excessive excitement or enthusiasm inspired by an obsession with words or phrases that read exactly the same forward and backward. 2. Jon Agee's most expansive and entertaining volume of palindromes, featuring comic-strip stories, absurd diagrams, and lengthy monologues. 3. a state of mind you may find yourself in after reading this book.

Rather than telling a story, this delightful picture book introduces children to the wonderful world of palindromes.  The simple black and white comics within this book make each palindrome seem entertaining and simple to read.  And the best part is, you don't have to read the whole book at once - each palindrome has its own comic, so you can read just as much as you want.

One simple comic is titled Lew's Diet Prison.
As a large boy runs away from two men in uniform, one man yells "Hey! Obese boy! Eh!"
The boy escapes. One man says, 'Well, let's tell Lew."
The last scene shows the two uniformed men talking to Lew, who is sitting at a table covered in candy and donuts: "We lost a fatso, Lew."

Some of the stories make a little less sense.  Here is Monologue I:
Rot! An essene gym! Pee, kroenig! Am I in a chasm? Harbor? Eh? Hero: Brahms... Ah! Can I imagine or keep my genes, senator?"

Regardless of whether all of the stories make sense, this book is a simple and fun way to introduce children to the concept of palindromes.  Maybe after reading this book you can encourage your kids to come up with palindromes of their own!