Out of the Blue : A Book of Color Idioms and Silly Pictures (Paperback)

from BraveNewBks

Super cute drawings that gently make fun of the literal meanings of color-based idioms. It's a great idea, as idioms are some of the hardest things to learn -- or explain -- when a language is new. That makes this book useful and interesting not only for children, but also for new English speaker...

from nicx27

This is a nice book for kids as a way of explaining idioms. These are phrases that make little sense such as 'tickled pink' or 'green with envy' but which are in popular usage. There is a nice bright picture for each idiom and then upside down at the bottom of the page is an explanation and an ex...

from Mirandalg14

Thanks to Edelweiss and Vanita Books for access to this title. This was a cute children's picture book that illustrated funny idioms. It also gave a description of each one and how it was used. Very informative and fun to read.

from Carlathelibrarian

Another great book about idioms. These ones all have colour in the expressions. When I was teaching English as a Second Language students, we always did a unit on idioms. They loved to be able to draw the literal meaning of the expressions, then draw what they really meant to North Americans. Eng...

from Carlathelibrarian

Another great book about idioms. These ones all have colour in the expressions. When I was teaching English as a Second Language students, we always did a unit on idioms. They loved to be able to draw the literal meaning of the expressions, then draw what they really meant to North Americans. Eng...