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Adam Rex

Adam Rex

Adam Rex

Adam Rex has written and illustrated several picture books, including Tree Ring Circus and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich as well as the novel, The True Meaning of Smekday. He and his wife live in Arizona.

It Happened on a Train will be released on September 18, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 02, 2012
News:
Guess Again! has won an award
Oct 26, 2011
It Happened on a Train will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
It Happened on a Train is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
The Ghostwriter Secret will be released on October 04, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Oct 04, 2011
The Ghostwriter Secret is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 04, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from It Happened on a Train
Sep 23, 2011
News:
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity has won an award
Jul 14, 2011
News:
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity has won an award
Apr 07, 2011
News:
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity has won an award
Dec 18, 2010
The Ghostwriter Secret will be released on October 05, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
The Ghostwriter Secret is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 05, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Ghostwriter Secret
Sep 22, 2010
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity will be released on May 04, 2010 in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2010
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity is now available in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2010

Authors on the Web

School Library Journal, February 5, 2012
...Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater (which gets a shout-out in this book, no less) Other Blog Reviews: Educating Alice Misc: Quick! Act now...
Chicago Daily Herald, February 3, 2012
...The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm St., Winnetka. (847) 446-8880 or thebookstall.com. ? Meet author Adam Rex as he reads from and signs copies of his new middle reader book, ?Cold Cereal,? at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Anderson?s Bookshop, 123...
School Library Journal, January 18, 2012
...Chloe and the Lion Illustrated by Adam Rex Disney Hyperion Books $16.99 ISBN: 978-142311334-8 Ages 4 and up On shelves April 3, 2012 Pity the picture book author. Their lot is rife with strife. With a...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 12, 2012
...a trilogy) By Michael Grant EgmontUSA Feb., $17.99 hardcover Chloe and the Lion By Mac Barnett and Adam Rex Disney-Hyperion Apr., $16.99 hardcover The False Prince (first in the Ascendance trilogy) By Jennifer Nielsen Scholastic Apr., $17.99 hardcover...
Examiner.com, January 10, 2012
...of Abraham Lincoln, and Lady Liberty: A Biography Courtney Rene - Author of Shadow Dancer and Shadow Warrior Adam Rex - Author of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Cold Cereal, and Chloe and the Lion Jewell Parker Rhodes - Author of various historical...
School Library Journal, December 30, 2011
...glad I know folks willing to look beyond packaging to find the gems out there. Cold Cereal by Adam Rex (February 2012) Speaking of Mr. Rex, here’s his latest middle grade.  Someone was complaining to me the other day about the fact that while his art...
School Library Journal, December 20, 2011
...today and possible implications for the future, starting with “what if.” The True Meaning of Smekday. Written by Adam Rex. Narrated by Bahni Turpin. 9 CDs. 10:39 hrs. Listening Library. 2010. ISBN 978-0-3077-1112-0. $65. Gr 5-8. When aliens invade...
Raleigh News & Observer, December 15, 2011
...laugh-out-loud funny and would make a great movie or chapter-by-chapter bedtime story. - Aviva Landau "Cold Cereal" by Adam Rex Genre: Fantasy (422 pages) What's the basic story line? Scott, an 11-year-old boy, moves to Goodborough, N.J., because his...
Bellingham Herald, December 15, 2011
...laugh-out-loud funny and would make a great movie or chapter-by-chapter bedtime story. - Aviva Landau "Cold Cereal" by Adam Rex Genre: Fantasy (422 pages) What's the basic story line? Scott, an 11-year-old boy, moves to Goodborough, N.J., because his...
Newsarama, December 9, 2011
...The Guild Flip-Book (W) Andrew Chambliss, Felicia Day (A) Georges Jeanty, Jonathan Case, Dexter Vines (C) Georges Jeanty, Adam Rex Buffy has never so badly needed a vacation as she does now — with the world overrun with “zompires” and other...
School Library Journal, December 6, 2011
...Meow Meow (2003); Nikki Grimes's "Caterpillar," illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, from A Pocketful of Poems (2001); Adam Rex's "The Sphinx Ain't all That," from Frankenstein Takes the Cake (2008); and Bob Raczka's "Lying on the Lawn," illustrated by Peter...
Times News Online, December 5, 2011
...better. The positive results from that type of attitude are already showing." With the loss of 135-pounder Adam Rex (14-20), 130-pounder James Denny (14-19), 145-pounder Justin Mazzella (24-9, third at leagues), 152-pounder Jon Fritz (32-8, third at...
School Library Journal, November 28, 2011
...to stop a similarly misrepresented witch.  Cute concept. For those of you waiting for a sequel to Adam Rex’s The True Meaning of Smekday . . . you’re going to have to wait longer.  A lot longer since I’m pretty sure the man is dedicated to the...
Register-Guard, November 16, 2011
...David Almond. The Teen Book Group, for middle and high school youth, will talk about “Fat Vampire” by Adam Rex. 541-682-8316 or www.eugene-or.gov/library. History talk — 7 p.m. Thursday at Coos Bay Public Library. H. S. Contino, former research...