The Unbelievable Origins of Snake Oil and Other Idioms

Idioms
  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Explains the meaning and origin of a selection of English language idioms, using each in a sentence.

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978-1-62323-183-5
$39.95
Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Nonfiction
Category Language Arts
Copyright 2013
Publisher The Child's World, Inc.
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2012-08-01
BISACS JNF052030, JNF016000
Dewey 428.1
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 8 x 9.5
Lexile 780
Guided Reading Level S
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Educational front/back matter, Reviewed, and Table of contents
Online Resources






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  • Egg on Your Face
  • In Your Wheelhouse
  • Green Thumb
  • Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes
  • Worth a Hill of Beans
  • Toe the Line
  • When Pigs Fly
  • On the Ball
  • Don't Have a Cow
  • Cut and Run
  • Put on the Back Burner
  • Hoisted by Your Own Petard
  • Throw Your Hat in the Ring
  • Bats in the Belfry
  • Go against the Grain
  • Big Kahuna
  • Snake Oil
  • Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop
  • Square Meal
  • Ham It Up
  • Put Up Your Dukes
  • Pecking Order
  • Monday-Morning Quarterback
  • It's Not Rocket Science
  • Bully Pulpit
  • The Die Is Cast
  • Pyrrhic Victory
Author: Arnold Ringstad

Arnold Ringstad is the author of more than 30 books for kids. He loves reading and writing about space exploration. He lives in Minnesota.

Illustrator: Dan McGeehan

Dan McGeehan has been a freelance illustrator for fifteen years. During that time his art has appeared on many magazines, in many children's books, and under a lot of scrutiny all around the world. He currently lives in Oklahoma with his wife, their two daughters, and everybody's two cats.

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