A chocolate moose for dinner (original 1976; udgave 1990)

I took a call from a patron today who was looking for a kid's book and couldn't remember the name or the title. All she could tell me was that she thought it was written by the star of My Three Sons and that it had to do with literal interpretations of sayings.

I read this book and [b:The King Who Rained|616032|The King Who Rained|Fred Gwynne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1297893384s/616032.jpg|990347] a million times when I was little. I LOVED them both, but this one was my favorite. Mom still tells a story about the first time I saw a real (though dead & stuffed) moose in a museum and how I then made sure to point out that it wasn't a chocolate moose. Yes.

Anyhoodle, I was lucky 'cause I thought of this book immediately, and it turns out it was written by that Munsters guy. I totally didn't know that. And the patron was pleased because this was, in fact, the book she wanted. So I pulled it from the shelf and read it again before I set it aside for her. It's still really awesome. Oh, life. ( )

Idioms ( )

Listened to this on Youtube, this was suggested in my text book. This book would be fun to read, then show children each page after they've heard the words.

This book that would be great for a discussion regarding idioms. The little girl in the book takes the phrases her parents say and interprets them literally. The illustrations in the book show her literal meaning of what her parents say which makes it very humorous. Children would love this during a read aloud. ( )

27 months - we will have to revisit this book when O is older and knows some of these sayings a little better. The illustrations are funny. ( )