Title: Birds of a Feather-A Book of Idioms and Silly Pictures
Author: Vanita Oelschlager
Illustrator: Robin Hegan
Publisher: Vanita Books, LLC
Published: 2009
ISBN: 9780980016284
Price: $15.95 (USD)
Tags: Language, Cultures
Genre: Children's Fiction
Overall Rating: Excellent
FTC: Reviewed for VanitaBooks and NetGalley
My Review
If you have not already seen the picture book Birds of a Feather, I am going to let the cat out of the bag and tell you that Vanita Oelschlager and Robin Hegan created a delightful take on idioms with this book.
Children will be bright eyed and bushy tailed as they turn each page of these silly sayings.
Each word and phrase is matched with an adorably hilarious illustration, like, Ants in your pants. And when the book is flipped upside down, the hidden meaning of the idiom and usage in a sentence is readable.
This is a perfectly entertaining book for children to be as snug as a bug in the rug during story time. It is also an excellent resource for teachers to use in a classroom to teach children about wordplay while allowing them to have fun learning about these common expressions.
My Conclusion
I got Goosebumps when I viewed the Bull in a china shop page. This book, I do highly recommend.
Learn more about author Vanita Oelschlager.