terms and phrases

Introduces young readers to the simile which is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things.

A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such as a chocolate moose, a gorilla war, and shoe trees.

Rhyming text and illustrations introduce a variety of collective nouns such as a "drift of swans" and a "clutch of eggs." A Reading Rainbow book.

Presents an illustrated kid's pocket handbook that teaches commonly used signs and phrases, and provides basic signing guidelines, hand shapes, and alphabet.

A study of the origin of over 400 expressions used in the English language.

Explores a wide range of facts and trivia about words in the English language, including the original meanings of words that have shifted over time, what the longest word is that can be typed using only one's left hand, and a range of quotes from literature and film exemplifying the English language.

Presents popular color-based idioms and their meanings, including "Out of the blue" and "Green with envy" with humorous illustrations accompanying each idiom.

Explores some of the English language's most popular and unique phrases and provides information on their origins, connections, uses, and surprising meanings.

Explores the history, geography, and etymology of words associated with food and dining, and how these words have been modified over the centuries.