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Have you noticed that the name, Otto, is a palindrome? That's a word or phrase that reads the same backward or forward.   Actually, the names of ALL the characters in Otto Grows Down—Otto, Anna, Bob, Mom, and Dad—are palindromes!   Here are a few more.

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A dog! A panic in a pagoda!

A toyota's a toyota!

Cigar?  Toss it in a can. It is so tragic.

Did Hannah say as Hannah did?

Did I draw Della too tall, Edward?  I did?

Do geese see God?

Dumb mud.

Elk rap song?  No sparkle.

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.

Lonely Tylenol.

May a moody baby doom a yam?

No melon, no lemon.

No sir!  Away!  A papaya war is on!

Nurse, I spy gypsies.  Run!

Rats live on no evil star.

Sit on a potato pan, Otis.

Yo!  Banana boy!


Can you make up some of your own?
 
 
 
 
© 2008 Michael Sussman.  All rights reserved. Illustrations © 2009 Scott Magoon.  All rights reserved.