Review: Making learning fun
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
Drorit Metuki has a keen sense of how to communicate tricky concepts to children. In this book she takes on the use of idioms in ordinary conversation - an `idiom' being the `use of a phrase to express something in a more beautiful way than the literal meaning of each of the individual words.'Danny comes bursting into his home all excited about the day and his mother remarks that he is a windstorm today and that she is all ears. The use of words frightens Danny until his mother explains the concept of idioms: she is not becoming a giant ear - she is just listening carefully and attentively!Danny then learns the idioms such as `froze in my tracks', `head in the clouds `, banging your head against the wall, and the book ends with Danny's fascination with the idiomatic phrases and wanting to learn more. Malgorzata Godziuk provides excellent illustrations. Drorit Metuki has discovered a very successful way to educate youngsters on the more intricate meanings and variations of language. It is a solid help.  Grady Harp, July 13