THE WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK

By Jon Agee (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018) Sometimes I read a picture book and I’m not sure what it’s really about. I mean, I can figure out what’s happening on the page and take it at face value but, the events are so odd, that there must be a deeper, bigger meaning. The good thing is this kind of picture book is way more fun than a similarly elusive meaning in a poem. Even better, when I…