Butterflies in my Stomach and Other School Hazards by Serge Bloch

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Block, S. (2008). Butterflies in my stomach and other school hazards. Sterling.

This rare narrative book with idioms tells the story of a young boy on his first day of school.  The simple illustrations convey what the actual idiom would look like (being in a pickle for missing the bus shows the bus as a pickle) which can lead to rich conversation about the idioms' true meanings.

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