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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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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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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), and the recent Little Santa, an ALA Notable Book and recipient of five starred reviews. He lives in San Francisco, California.

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