There's a Frog in My Throat! - 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me (urspr publ 2003; utgåvan 2003)

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It is a good information book about animal sayings that it introduces some sayings about animals in an interesting tone with pictures, which helps readers (especially the second language learners) to comprehend the meanings and know more about American culture. It can be used as a hook for those who begins to learn English or the culture.
Age appropriate:
All ages ( )

Suggestion from "Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers."

This book is full of fun idioms. Each page has a theme and category which these idioms fit into. They caption the pictures on the pages so you get a nice, fun visual to understand the idioms by. This is a great tool to use in the classroom to introduce students to figurative language. They'll be able to identify the ones they recognize and understand as well as learn hundreds of new ones they could use in their writing or everyday language. ( )

440 animal sayings a little bird told me.