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Feeling under the weather? Don't throw in the towel. Chin up! This book is your dream come true. For more cliches, look inside.

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Sidebars explain the use and effects of cliches, the definitions of those used in the book, and the historical background of some of the featured phrases.-- Book Links, Bam! Wordplay Teachers will find this a humorous read aloud to introduce and explain the use of cliches.-- Reading Today Online Trish and Faye are best buddies--you could even say that they are true blue friends, that they are thick as thieves. They're waiting around before the big Bonus Brothers concert, which will most likely knock their socks off. If you've seen your share of youth books on the English language, your assumptions are correct: each of these colorful phrases is illustrated literally to showcase their ridiculousness (Trish's socks flying off of her feet, for example). Info bubbles, meanwhile, provide explanations for phrases, distinctions between idioms and proverbs, and historical notes on usage. The story meanders (it's difficult to organize a coherent plot around bizarre phrases), but the overall effort is rescued by Watkins, whose watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations feature the kind of wild-eyed, gape-mouthed kids that parents may remember from Dynamite magazine. The generous trim size also helps give this the zing of a book read entirely for pleasure. Other titles in the Ways to Say It series (You're Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore, 2011) look just as promising.-- Booklist

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Nancy Loewen writes fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. Recent awards include: 2012 Minnesota Book Awards finalist (The LAST Day of Kindergarten); 2011 Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year (Share a Scare: Writing Your Own Scary Story); 2011 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Review Committee (Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes); and 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (Writer's Toolbox Series). She's also received awards from The American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and the Society of School Librarians International. Nancy holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, St. Paul. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and two teenage children.

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