Overview
Funny Money: More Fun with Cliches! is a laugh-out-loud children's book by journalist Jayne A. Pearl, based on common clichés about money. It is beautifully and hilariously illustrated by artist Mat Bevilacqua, who makes the financial phrases come to life by imagining a literal interpretation. This kids' book involves the Coyne family: little Bit Coyne and her parents, Papa Buck and Mama Penny. During a trip to the grocery store, Bit is confused by money cliches her parents say, such as ""it costs an arm and a leg,"" ""paying through the nose,"" and ""pretty penny."" On each page, when Buck and Penny explain what they mean by each saying, Bit asks, ""Then why didn't you just say so?"" But Bit has the last laugh when she turns the tables and uses a money cliche herself, showing that she was just ""pulling their leg."" Funny Money will amuse and inform both adult and child. The back pages, ""Prompts and Circumstances, provide questions adults can ask children to help them guess the meaning of each cliché, as well as definitions and origins of each saying. This will be useful and engaging for grade-school teachers and students in the classroom, in person or virtually. New English learners and their teachers will also find this book invaluable for learning English idioms they are likely to hear but not understand naturally.
Full Product Details
Author: Jayne A Pearl ,
Mat Bevilacqua
Publisher: Alllrightbooks
Imprint: Alllrightbooks
Volume: 2
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.113kg
ISBN: 9781736671597
ISBN 10: 1736671596
Pages: 34
Publication Date: 18 August 2021
Recommended Age: From 3 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Our language is bursting with strange and wonderful expressions, phrases and jargon baffling to children and other new speakers of American English. With Mat Bevilacqua's charming illustrations, Jayne Pearl brings her delightful, quirky humor to explain some of our bizarre flights of language in words easily understood by all.-Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst This whimsical children's book unpacks common financial cliches that readers young and old will find informative as well as hilarious. The illustrations bring to life the story of little Bit Coyne, who imagines literally the financial cliches she hears her parents saying-Francois deVisscher, founder and president of deVisscher Advisors.
Our language is bursting with strange and wonderful expressions, phrases and jargon baffling to children and other new speakers of American English. With Mat Bevilacqua's charming illustrations, Jayne Pearl brings her delightful, quirky humor to explain some of our bizarre flights of language in words easily understood by all.-Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst This whimsical children's book unpacks common financial clichés that readers young and old will find informative as well as hilarious. The illustrations bring to life the story of little Bit Coyne, who imagines literally the financial clichés she hears her parents saying-Francois deVisscher, founder and president of deVisscher Advisors.
Author Information
Jayne Pearl is a journalist and entertaining speaker, focusing on family business and financial parenting. Her Kids and Money and Kids, Wealth and Consequences books, present original and proven techniques for instilling positive financial values, skills and discipline in children and young adults. She also writes poetry and has written a series of children's humor books, including Dog Days of Summer: Fun with Cliches! She has also been a big sister for more than twelve years with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County, and volunteers at Center for New Americans, helping recent immigrants adjust to living in the U.S. She lives in Western Massachusetts. Mat Bevilacqua has produced large, colorful murals outdoors, as well as smaller commissions both public and private. He combines elements of design, painting and illustration. As Mat's Instagram portoflio (@MatBev) reveals, his work is vibrant and tactile, resonating with a strong sense of color and form, working in unison. Mat resides in Providence, Rhode Island with his wife, Bianca, their toddler son, and their Siberian husky, Ralph.
