This book is super cute! I've learned that kids struggle so much with idioms, but more than that, people learning English as a second language also get confused! This is a book I would give to an ESL student to help them understand better idioms. I loved the illustrations that went along with it. Loved it!

If I could give this book more than five stars I would. The illustrations were funny and well done. Each idiom was explained in a way that children could understand. I'll definitely be buying this book for me and my friends. Parents and children alike will love this book.

It's a cute book, but is for children 3 or under or older kids just learning idioms, I can see how this could have helped my 9 year old when she was learning about them and she would have loved it.

This was a cute book of idioms. Beautifully illustrated, informative and fun to read. Highly recommended for kids.

Vanita continues to shine in her latest work that I plan to implement in my class. Always awe-struck by her books.

We never think about idioms or how they sound to others who may not know the meaning, until we are asked--or they are pointed out. When I studied to be an ESL teacher the reality of idioms was the most striking thing--I really hadn't ever considered them. Since realizing how hard idioms were to explain (because of the cultural implications behind them) I have begun to try to remove them from speech as much as possible while speaking with an English Language Learner.

Something I still had not considered is the process of learning the idioms of your native language, we don't all wake up one morning knowing what "birds of a feather flock together" means. We don't have any background at that point. With that in mind, I appreciate what Oelschlager has tried to do.

I wish, though, that the book had been more of a story. Yes, the phrases are funny but I felt like we were running through large flashcards more than reading a book. The illustrations are wonderful and each really does a great job at bringing the phrases to life.

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for a unbiased review.

Clever book to help children see and understand idioms. Silly illustrations accompany the language, but I think the book had greater potential to explain idioms. Could be a great book to use in a language arts course.

Birds of a Feather is a book of idioms for children, complete with darling illustrations and explanations of idioms such as 'bring home the bacon' are included. As an adult, this book gave me a refresher course on the meaning of an idiom. I could definitely see this being a popular library book for kids!

This was a great idea of a book. I enjoyed it greatly. My six year old did not enjoy it and found it slightly boring.

Such a fun idea: literal illustrations of common idioms that the author then explains. I love the idea, but I think this book could be so much more. While I understand and appreciate the author's desire to let the silly pictures take center stage, the small and upside down word layout is very difficult to read. I also wish more information was supplied to take this book from "cute" to a resource. For example, at the end of the book, the author includes a mini history lesson about the source of one of her idioms. It is both kid-friendly and chock-full of info that most books don't supply. I would have loved to see this repeated for each idiom throughout the book! What a missed opportunity!

Children who are learning to read and becoming more aware of language are frequently puzzled by colloquial American English (or British English) expressions. This is doubly so for children on the autism spectrum, whose literal thinking can conjure up images that mess with logic. This book provides the child reader with a number of common English expressions, charmingly illustrated, along with an explanation and example of the actual use of the phrase (turn the book upside down for meaning and usage). I just wished for this price point that the book was a bit longer.