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Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire. Seattle, WA. : Fantagraphics, 2006.

ISBN: 1560977019 ISBN: 9781560977018

Mice infesting a woman's kitchen tire of her efforts to exterminate them and they create a “tough guy” miniature adult from garbage and turn him loose as their protector.

Media: Pen and ink illustrations

5Q/5P

• use of alliteration through the text and/or through the illustrations.

O Neptune with your trident tripping through the night as Jupiter lassos his glistening moons the constellated sea of light. (Millionaire2005). Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire.

D. Guhl Summer 2009

Billy Hazelnuts, by Tony Millionaire. Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2005.

Summary: A truly bizarre and funny tale of a creature constructed by mice out of garbage and flies (and who has hazelnuts for eyes), who leads the humans around him on an inter-planetary adventure.

Rating: 4Q, 4P

ISBN: 1560977019

Medium: Pen/ink

Curricular Opportunities: Good for independent reading; creative writing, art

Age Group: 10th-12th Grades

Potential Obstacles:

• Fairly disgusting in parts
• Sophisticated language/sense of humor
• Rather absurd

E.K. 7/8/09