Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?

by Brian P. Cleary, Brian Gable (Illustrator)

Overview

Are you as clever as a fox? Or perhaps you're as sharp as any spike? If so, this book will be a piece of cake!

Clever rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and humorous illustrations from Brian Gable present similes and metaphors. When it comes to grammar, this team is not as slow as thick molasses. Oh no, they're as bright as polished pennies! Each simile and metaphor is printed in color for easy identification in this gem of a book. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761339458
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Series:	Words Are Categorical Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	412,098
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he's put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Brian Gable is the illustrator of many of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® books, as well as the Math Is CATegorical® series. Mr. Gable lives in Toronto, Canada.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3–5—Cleary provides brief definitions of similes and metaphors, offers roughly 15 examples of each one, and explains how they are used. Large pen-and-ink illustrations feature cartoon cats rendered in bold, vibrant colors. The style is fun and inviting. The text, which appears in an oversize, whimsical font, is spare, ranging from 9 to 15 words per page. Large pictures and uneven placement of the text keeps the tone playful. Students will enjoy the unstructured, fluid layout, which reads more like a picture book than a language primer. Norton Juster's As: A Surfeit of Similes (HarperCollins, 1989) is more comprehensive; it includes nearly 200 examples. Marvin Terban's It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech (Clarion, 1993) covers similes and metaphors as well as four other figures of speech. Overall, Cleary's book is a pleasing introduction for young writers.—June Shimonishi, Torrance Public Library, CA

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