Raining cats and dogs, a fork in the road, my head is going to explode! We use these says all the time in our everyday language! Some kids can interpret these sayings and know exactly what we mean, while others struggle with the interpretation. These books might help not only introduce kids to the meanings of these sayings, but provide some visuals as well. They provide a humerous way to work with kids that have difficulty with pragmatics of language.
Parts and More Parts by Ted Arnold, say what you mean!
"More Parts is the story of a very literal, very scared little boy! He hears adult expressions said in trivial fashion and begins to imagine and envision those things actually happening! For each idiom he hears, he builds himself some sort of protection. By the end of the book, the boy is taped, gloved, glued, tied, encased with a pillow, and affixed together in order to prevent himself from literally falling apart.
Some of the phrases or expressions he hears are:
It’s sure to crack you up.
Stretch your arms and legs.
Hold your tongue.
Scream your lungs out.
Jumping out of your skin. When asked to give his dad a hand....
I didn't know my hands come off,
And I don't want them to!
So I'll make sure that they stay on
With gloves and lots of glue.
When each of these statements is interpreted in a truly literal fashion you can only imagine what a 5 year old actually comprehends or envisions! Tedd Arnold tells it and draws it beautifully."
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