Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!
Jon Agee / Author, Jon Agee / Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux
Wacky cartoons elaborate upon LLAMA MALL, TAHITI HAT and other novel palindromes. All ages. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/04/1994
Genre: Children's
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