Figurative Language Picture Books
Marvin Terban's book "IT FIGURES" is a MUST!
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Two Bad Ants
Brave Irene
Two Bad Ants
Brave Irene
More Parts Arnold,
Ted
Browne, Anthony. My
Dad.
Bunting, Eve. The Man
Who Could Call Down
Owls.
Carrick, Carol. Dark and
Full of Secrets.
Chaucer, Geoffrey.
Chanticleer and the
Fox.
Collins, Meghan. The
Willow Maiden.
Dragonwagon,
Crescent. Jemima
Remembers
Say, Allen. The Bicycle
Man
Wallace, Ian. The True
Story of Trapper Jack's
Left Big Toe.
Yolen, Jane. Owl
Moon.
Carlstrom, Nancy.
Goodbye Geese.
Fleischman, Paul.
Rondo in C
Major, Beverly. Over
Back.
NcNutty, Faith. The
Lady and the Spider
Parnall, Peter. Alfalfa
Hill: Winter
Ringgold, Faith.
Counting to Tar Beach.
Stevenson, James.
What's Under My Bed?
Turner, Ann. Dakota
Dugout.
Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.
Artell, Mike. Fun With
Expressions.
It's Raining Cats and
Dogs: How Idioms
Make Our Language
Exciting.
Nevins, Ann. From the
Horse's Mouth: A Book
About Idioms.
Terbain, Marvin. In a
Pickle.
Terbain, Marvin. Mad
As A Wet Hen!
Terbain, Marvin.
Punching the Clock:
Funny Action Idioms.
Weinstein, Crazy
Idioms.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Personification
Edwards, Pamela:
Clara Caterpillar
Some Smug Slug
Princess Prunella
and the Purple
Peanut
Edwards, Pamela
Four Famished
Foxes and Fosdyke
Cole, Babette. The
Trouble With Grandad.
Hutchins, Pat.
The Very Worst
Monster.
McPhail,David. Pig Pig
Rides.
Prelutsky, Jack. "I'm
The Single Most
Wonderful Person I
Know" in "The New Kid
on the Block." Note: I
know this is not a picture
book, but I like it so
much I am hoping you
will not notice!
Riddle, Tohly. Careful
With That Ball Eugene
Water Dance
Twilight Comes
Twice
Goodbye Geese
Grassby, Donna. A
Seaside Alphabet.
421.1 Gra
Harrison, Ted. A
Northern Alphabet.
Kahl, Virginia. How Do
You Hide A Monster?
Kellogg, Steven.
Chicken Little.
Lobel, Anita. Alison's
Zinnia.
Ruurs, Margaret. A
Mountain Alphabet.
Shaw, Nancy. Sheep In
A Shop.
Stevenson, James.
What's Under My Bed?
Bourgeois, Paulette.
Franklin Has a
Sleepover.
Burns, Marilyn. The
Greedy Triangle.
Burton, Virginia Lee.
The Little House.
Ets, Marie Hall. Gilberto
and the Wind.
Little, Jean. Gruntle
Piggle Takes Off.
Lunn, Janice. Amos's
Sweater.
Mark, Jan. Silly Tails.
Steig, William. Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble
Onomatopoeia
Benjamin, Alan. Rat-aTat, Pitter Pat.
Cole, Sheila. When The
Rain Stops.
Piper, Watty. Little
Engine That Could.
Potter, Beatrix. The
Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Yolen, Jane. Sky Dogs.
Yolen, Jane. Welcome
to the Green House.
Analogies