The King Who Rained (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

from Kelsey_Barrell

I really enjoyed reading this book because it took idioms, homophones, and beautifully illustrated images to capture where a child's mind goes when they hear those types of sayings. For example, the book says, "My big sister's getting married and she says I can hold up her train." The book shows ...

from ajfurman

I really enjoyed this book because of how creative it is. Taking homophones and idioms and creating images to create a possible interpretation based on what a person hears is funny and gives new perspective to how words are and need to be used. This book is full of laughs and imaginative illustra...

from dylrmstd

This is a great book about words with multiple meanings. I like this book because it is informational and has great illustrations and I would use this book in my classroom to introduce words with double meanings. This book is suitable for the grades 3 and 4 and the main theme is multiple meanings.

from benuathanasia

Not going to lie, the illustrations in this book scared the bejeezus out of me when I was little. The word play was amusing, though.

from matthewbloome

This is a lot of fun. It's all homonym wordplay. It's one of four books that Fred Gwynne wrote using the same approach. They're all very funny in an ironic sort of way.