There's a Frog in My Throat

440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me
Author(s): 
Loreen Leedy
Pat Street
Number of pages: 
48 pages
Copyright: 
2003
Publisher: 
Holiday House
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Review: 
This is a clever, very colorful picture book with a simple purpose. It illustrates, with funny little cartoon illustrations, hundreds (440 to be exact) of common expressions in the English language that involve animals, such as: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." "Mad as a hornet." "I have butterflies in my stomach." "You're putting the cart before the horse." A short definition of the phrase's meaning is also included. This is a fun idea for exploring our language and it's amazing just how many expressions fit into this category? I like how there's a certain connectivity between different themes and they modernized some old-fashioned clip-art for some of the illustrations. This will be enjoyed by preschoolers all the way through the elementary school years.
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First reviewed: 
6-27-2009