Out of the Blue - by Vanita Oelschlager (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Out of the Blue shows children the magic of idioms - words that separately have one meaning, but together take on something entirely different.<br> Children are curious about words, especially phrases that make them laugh ("Tickled Pink"), sound silly ("Shrinking Violet") or trigger images that tickle a child's sense of the absurd ("A Red Letter Day").</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Out of the Blue shows children the magic of idioms - words that separately have one meaning, but together take on something entirely different.<br> Children are curious about words, especially phrases that make them laugh ("Tickled Pink"), sound silly ("Shrinking Violet") or trigger images that tickle a child's sense of the absurd ("A Red Letter Day").<br> Out of the Blue uses outlandish illustrations of what the words describe literally. The reader then has to guess the "real" meaning of the phrases (which are upside down in the corners of each spread). At the end of the book, the reader is invited to learn more about these figures of speech.<br> Our first book of idioms, Birds of a Feather (2009), dealt with birds, insects or animals. Our second, Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries (2011) uses food idioms. Out of the Blue uses color idioms. All three are fun - and instructive.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><P>" Idioms often confuse young children because they express sentiments apart from the words' literal meanings. They can also become wonderful sources of verbal play, worlds of delight that mark a child's passage into advanced literacy.<BR> " Out of the Blue is the latest in Vanita Oelschlager's series on idioms. It explores the meaning of these phrases through clever illustrations and often hilarious wordplay.<BR> " Educators and parents can use this book, along with Birds of a Feather and Life is a Bowl Full of Cherries, as springboards in a child's language learning process. They are excellent resources in any Language Arts curriculum. They can also be integrated into a cre- ative writing program where children write their own interpretation of the idioms, then segue into writing their own idioms. As another creative activity, they can formulate and design their own illustrations depicting the meaning of the idiom.<BR> " Out of the Blue is a joy to read and play with for readers and writers of all ages!"<BR> Cinda Dehner<BR> National Board Certified Teacher Library Media Specialist Twinsburg City Schools Twinsburg, Ohio<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Vanita Oelschlager is a wife, mother, grandmother, philanthropist, former teacher, current caregiver, author and poet. She is a graduate of Mt. Union College in Alliance, Ohio, where she currently serves as a Trustee. Vanita is also Writer in Residence for the Literacy Program at The University of Akron. She and her husband Jim received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2006. She won the Congressional 'Angels in Adoption' Award for the state of Ohio in 2007 and was named National Volunteer of the Year by the MS society in 2008. She was honored as 2009 Woman Philanthropist of the Year by the Summit County United Way. In May 2011, Vanita received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from University of Mount Union.<br>Prior to her publishing and writing career, Vanita taught school for 19 years and then helped her husband with his company, Oak Associates. Mother of two daughters, stepmother to a son and daughter, she is grandmother to seven. <p/><b>Robin Hegan</b> is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Integrative Arts. Her illustrations can be seen in <i>Birds of a Feather, Mother Goose Other Goose, My Grampy Can't Walk, </i> and <i>The Lizard House Adventure</i>. Hegan lives in Pennsylvania with her family.</p>
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