![]() ![]() ![]() what's a kid to do if he wants to keep all his body parts in place Well, one. Tedd Arnold is the author of such children’s classics as No Jumping on the Bed and No More Water in the Tub He has published more than 50 books as author and illustrator. Figurative language, Idioms, Tedd Arnold, 'More Parts' Subjects: English Language Arts, Grammar, Literature Grades: 1 st - 5 th Types: Worksheets, Activities, Centers 1.50 5. Textual puns and subtle visual jokes make this a bedtime story worthy of repeated readings. More Parts by Tedd Arnold: 9780142501498 : Books Give me a hand. ![]() Arnold's illustrations, in a style reminiscent of William Joyce, richly depict the nighttime lives of the apartment building's various inhabitants and skillfully capture the sensation and perspective of tumbling through space. A takeoff on a familiar and usually idle warning, this should be a hit with anyone who has battled over jumping on the bed. At the end, it's up to the reader to decide whether Walter's trip was real or dreamedthough a clever final twist argues for the former. ``One day it'll crash right through the floor.'' Like all young children, Walter is unable to resistand, to his astonishment, he finds his father was right! Down and down Walter tumbles, wreaking increasing (if cheerful) havoc in apartment after apartment, and picking up fellow travelers as he goes. 54335 EN A young boy is worried about what will happen to his body when he hears such expressions as give him a hand. ""If I've told you once, I've told you a million times, no jumping on the bed,'' Walter's father admonishes. ![]()
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