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Super Silly Sayings That Are over Your Head: A Children's Illustrated Book of Idioms
Defines more than forty idioms using an illustration of the literal meaning next to an illustration of the actual idiomatic meaning and with explanatory text.
29 pages, Hardcover
First published June 30, 2004
About the author
Catherine S. Snodgrass
4 booksNew York City – a great inspiration for the visual learner in Catherine S. Snodgrass, with a vast kaleidoscope of culture, grit and pulsating art scene...no shortage of motivation.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Catherine's artwork began to receive a good deal of public attention throughout her school years. She won notable recognition from the City of New York, including various awards from the city's cultural arts coordinator, school board president, chancellor, and superintendent. During junior high school, her painting of Times Square was selected to exhibit in the second-largest art museum in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum of Art. This painting was later presented at a testimonial dinner to NYC's school chancellor, Irving Anker.
Catherine's appreciation of fine art emerged and her formal training developed further as she was accepted into the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. During this time, her paintings appeared in many exhibitions throughout the city to outstanding reviews.
Her career path took many turns - all in the heart of NYC - first, as a Graphic Art assistant at a large book publishing company. Next, she worked at a Fashion Avenue designer apparel company as a Spec Illustrator, and then spent over a decade in the newspaper publishing industry.
Later, she began to freelance as an illustrator and graphic designer, a decision that gave her the advantage of being selective with assignments while spending more time with her children. The added time with her children helped re-acquaint her with a lifelong passion; children's picture books. She became fascinated by their ability to visually express thoughts without words - again, the visual learner in her.
In 2004, her first book, "Super Silly Sayings That Are Over Your Head" was published (Starfish Press), and received a Benjamin Franklin Literary Award nomination for Best New Voice (Children's/Young Adult). Her next book, "What's That Look On Your Face?" (AAPC) 2008, received numerous accolades from critics, educators, parents, and - most importantly - children. Her visually expressive books have had quite an impact on the educational market, having been used in educational curriculums and teacher manuals.
These days, she is occupied with numerous art projects, and is also working on new children’s book. She frequently works with kids offering art workshops and presentations in schools and libraries.
Catherine currently lives in California with her family. It’s a world that’s far-removed from New York City, but the city kid in her somehow always finds its way into her work.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Catherine's artwork began to receive a good deal of public attention throughout her school years. She won notable recognition from the City of New York, including various awards from the city's cultural arts coordinator, school board president, chancellor, and superintendent. During junior high school, her painting of Times Square was selected to exhibit in the second-largest art museum in NYC, the Brooklyn Museum of Art. This painting was later presented at a testimonial dinner to NYC's school chancellor, Irving Anker.
Catherine's appreciation of fine art emerged and her formal training developed further as she was accepted into the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. During this time, her paintings appeared in many exhibitions throughout the city to outstanding reviews.
Her career path took many turns - all in the heart of NYC - first, as a Graphic Art assistant at a large book publishing company. Next, she worked at a Fashion Avenue designer apparel company as a Spec Illustrator, and then spent over a decade in the newspaper publishing industry.
Later, she began to freelance as an illustrator and graphic designer, a decision that gave her the advantage of being selective with assignments while spending more time with her children. The added time with her children helped re-acquaint her with a lifelong passion; children's picture books. She became fascinated by their ability to visually express thoughts without words - again, the visual learner in her.
In 2004, her first book, "Super Silly Sayings That Are Over Your Head" was published (Starfish Press), and received a Benjamin Franklin Literary Award nomination for Best New Voice (Children's/Young Adult). Her next book, "What's That Look On Your Face?" (AAPC) 2008, received numerous accolades from critics, educators, parents, and - most importantly - children. Her visually expressive books have had quite an impact on the educational market, having been used in educational curriculums and teacher manuals.
These days, she is occupied with numerous art projects, and is also working on new children’s book. She frequently works with kids offering art workshops and presentations in schools and libraries.
Catherine currently lives in California with her family. It’s a world that’s far-removed from New York City, but the city kid in her somehow always finds its way into her work.
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June 12, 2019
Great book
I got this book for my son. He has Asperger’s and is a very literal child. I think this book would be helpful to all ages even though at a glance it seems like it’s for smaller children. My son is almost 14 and he didn’t know what over half of the idioms meant. Thank you very much!
I got this book for my son. He has Asperger’s and is a very literal child. I think this book would be helpful to all ages even though at a glance it seems like it’s for smaller children. My son is almost 14 and he didn’t know what over half of the idioms meant. Thank you very much!
October 14, 2016
Reading level: 1-4
Genre: nonfiction picture book
This book is a literal description of 40 English idioms. While I found it at a public library, while researching the grade level I discovered that it is specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum. This book would also be useful for ELL learners, as there are descriptions as well as clear illustrations to explain the meanings. The idioms are fun ( such as 'knock your socks off ' and are engaging to children of all backgrounds. I like this book because of my experience of teaching English idioms to my elementary kids when I taught in Japan. Even With my clunky translation into Japanese , it was one of my most successful lessons. It is a great vocabulary building book, and I would use it in a US classroom to introduce ' idiom of the day'.
Genre: nonfiction picture book
This book is a literal description of 40 English idioms. While I found it at a public library, while researching the grade level I discovered that it is specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum. This book would also be useful for ELL learners, as there are descriptions as well as clear illustrations to explain the meanings. The idioms are fun ( such as 'knock your socks off ' and are engaging to children of all backgrounds. I like this book because of my experience of teaching English idioms to my elementary kids when I taught in Japan. Even With my clunky translation into Japanese , it was one of my most successful lessons. It is a great vocabulary building book, and I would use it in a US classroom to introduce ' idiom of the day'.
February 5, 2014
This book was written by a mother of child on the autism spectrum to help him in the area of language development. Idioms are had for kids to understand and this book is designed to make that task easier. The first page is a double flap which can be cut into three horizontal sections so the child can guess the idiom from the pictures on the opposite page first. When the flap is removed it shows the idiom and then its meaning. Each page has three idioms surrounding a theme like color, food, numbers and insects. This book would also be great for English language learners.
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