Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food - Hardcover

Jones, Charlotte Foltz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385325754 ISBN 13: 9780385325752

Verlag: Random House USA Children's Books, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This informative book with colorful illustration provides middle readers with fun-filled facts on the origination of colorful food names, such as "hush puppies," and other amusing food related sayings, such as "spilling the beans."

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte Foltz Jones is the author of Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, and Fingerprints and Talking Bones.

About the illustrator:
John O'Brien is well known for his New Yorker cartoons as well as his numerous children's book credits, including Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, and Mother Hubbard's Christmas.

Aus dem Klappentext

, melba toast, hush puppies, and coconuts. You'd be surprised at how these food names came to be. And have you ever wondered why we use the expression "selling like hotcakes"? Or how about "spill the beans"? There are many fascinating and funny stories about the language of food -- and the food hidden in our language. Charlotte Foltz Jones has compiled a feast of her favorite anecdotes, and John O'Brien's delightfully pun-filled drawings provide the dessert. Bon appetit!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Random House USA Children's Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0385325754
• ISBN 13: 9780385325752
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: O'Brien John
• Anzahl der Seiten: 87
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