My Momma Likes to Say

by Denise Brennan-Nelson

Book Overview

From the author of Buzzy the Bumblebee comes a child's hilarious visual interpretation of such parental idioms and witticisms as "Hold your horses;" "Money doesn't grow on trees;" and "I have eyes in the back of my head." "Cat got your toungue?" My momma likes to say. I'm not sure what she means but I like it anyway. My cat has never tried to take my tongue away. But if he did, he'd find that it can stretch a long, long way.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585361062
• ISBN13: 9781585361069
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Must Have

This book is wonderful. It is both playful and educational. I am anxious to use it with my students as well as my grandchildren. I also purchased "My Teacher Likes to Say". It is also very good but the idioms are not as common as those illustrated in "My Momma Likes to Say".

Fun all the way around.

A book enjoyable for both children and adults, My Momma Likes to Say includes a fun rhyming verse for youngsters including sayings like "Time flies when you're having fun," "Money doesn't grow on trees," "Hold your horses," and lots more plus a corner aside that explains where the saying comes from and what it means. Also included is a lined page in the back to put sayings your own momma says. Whimsical illustrations round out this one-of-a-kind picture book.

Charming and delightful!

This book is so sweet and full of inspiration. It takes all of those wonderful sayings that we have heard over and over again and gives them a little history and a lot of humor and sentiment. The illustrations are equally wonderful and bring the whole book together. I just love this book and would highly recomend it to a parent.