There's a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me

by Loreen Leedy and Pat Street

Book Overview

440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me. An amusing and informative collection of animal sayings. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823417743
• ISBN13: 9780823417742
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Super

This is great book for exposing children to idioms. I first present some of the expressions to my students and have them try to explain them. Afterward, they have fun going back and finding the actual meaning. We usually do this around the time that we read Amelia Bedelia. The children illustrate an expression of their own choosing and the rest of us try to guess what the expression is. There are many extension activities to do along with this fun book. It is a great way to immerse chioldren inour language and get them excited about it. Lots of fun!

Wonderful reference book

This is a wonderful book for researching what idioms mean. It has delightful pictures and very clear explanations. It would be very useful for children in third and fourth grade or for use with people learning English. Even though I have a master's degree and I am an avid reader, I found some idioms that I have never heard before. I am planning to give some copies to some third grade teachers that I know. Also, I bought a copy for my granddaughter.

One of the most engaging picture books received this season

There's A Frog In My Throat! is one of the most engaging picture books received this season: an illustrated survey of zany animal sayings, from lucky and odd ducks to one-liners about birds, bears, and more. Expressions are explained and the artwork is simply gorgeous in this visually packed picturebook.

A gateway to literacy through beastly fun!

In There's a Frog in My Throat, Loreen Leedy and Pat Street capture the animals that run and leap and swim and fly and crawl through our beastly English language. Loreen's sprightly illustrations and Pat's on-target choices of animal expressions and clever clustering encourage children to have fun with idioms -- a colorful leaping-off point for increased literacy. Richard Lederer, co-author of THE BIGGEST BOOK OF ANIMAL RIDDLES

Excellent!

Interesting names and nicely categorized. Very educational, I learned a lot of things from it. Not really in a reading type form, but you read the smaller notes. It is very easy to look up things for reports.