More Parts

Parts #2

by Tedd Arnold

Give me a hand . . . hold your tongue . . . scream your lungs out . . . what's a kid to do if he wants to keep all his body parts in place? Well, one thing is for sure, he'll have to be creative. Like, if you want to keep your heart from breaking, just make sure it's well padded and protected by tying a pillow around your chest. Want to keep your hands attached? Simple-stick them on with gloves and lots of glue. Just be careful not to laugh your head off!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Language, Poetry, Bodies

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Tedd grew up with three brothers. His family lived on a farm in Pennsylvania for several years then returned to Elmira until Tedd was ten years old. His father's work then required that they move to Gainesville, Florida. There, Tedd's first art lessons in an abandoned dentist's office over the Happy Hour pool hall eventually led to a fine arts degree from the University of Florida.

He and his wife, Carol, started their family in Tallahassee where Tedd worked as a commercial illustrator. Carol, a kindergarten teacher, drew Tedd's attention to children's books. Their first son, Walter, inspired his breakthrough picture book, NO JUMPING ON THE BED!.

He and his family now live in Elmira. His second son, William, now stars in NO MORE WATER IN THE TUB!, a sequel to his first book. He has now published over 50 books as author and illustrator.

Reviews

[Dream.M · Rating 3 out of 5]

سلام سلام
این کتاب کودک رو امروز صبح هدیه گرفتم🤤🤤😍
درباره بچه ای هستش که اصطلاحات محاوره ای رو بلد نیست و دچار سوتفاهم شده. خیلی کیوته.
وقتی عنوان کتابو دیدم فکر کردم دارم یه مسج عاشقانه میگیرم ولی اشتباه بود🤣🤣😒

[Zoha Mortazavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm looking at the reviews and everyone's saying this book was a good read to children to teach them how idioms work. But I'm autistic and I'm crying over this book. The fright of not knowing what people's words and expressions mean, pushed me into either hiding in my isolated corners (both literally and figuratively) or equipping myself with so many fidgets just to protect myself, just like how the character in the book did. Namely excessive people watching, overachieving in everything so people don't/can't bully me anymore, building up this weird system of communication based on the very bitter belief that I'm inferior to other people simply because I'm not made for living in this community. It's not my fucking fault if people always tooke/take advantage of my naivete and hurt me, I have to remind myself. I'm sensitive to touch, to sounds, to smells, to texture and flavor of foods. I may eat only my safe food three times a day for months if I'm stressed enough. When my brother wants to hug and cuddle I throw a tantrum. It kills me when I have to look into people's eyes and pretend that I'm understanding. I'm always stimming. I have echolalia. I don't understand my feeling wether it's anger or an urge to pee. I have severe problems with auditory process, executive function, inertia and transition between tasks. I hoard things, words, picture obsessively. Needles to mention the hovering and prominent presence of depression and anxiety disorders in my life, whether it's anorexia or panic attack. And yet I'm doomed with such high IQ and passion that helped me mask all of my so called disabilities. So yeah. I cried after reading this because I'm tired because I'm just a child living in the wild. I'm forced to act in a movie, without having the script, while everyone else have already memorized their lines thoroughly. So yeah. That's my review. I'll probably delete this later.

[Roya · Rating 4 out of 5]

خیلی بامزه بودددد😂

[Essareh · Rating 3 out of 5]

باز هم ممنون از Dream.M که نصف کتابای امسالمو مدیونشونم. :))

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

So funny - Love the way this boy thinks. My 5 year old is at the perfect age to read this book to.

[Nyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two perks for the price of subbing for one 2nd grade class!

We actually read this one first (they had already read Parts sometime before). It was almost as cute as the first one, which I opted to reread to them since it was new to me. Comparing the two, I felt that this story was much more farfetched than its predecessor.

[Elahe]

So I cried.

[Natalie Greaves · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this series. It a neat way of explaining expressions to children. Also they help children understand different sayings and what is meant by them. I would definitely use this story in my classroom.

[C · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, but it didn't work so well as a read-aloud. My literal-minded five-year-old was shocked and unamused at the thought of a boy losing his body parts. We won't be reading this one again for a few years.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read aloud to introduce idioms.

[Grace Holmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a funny, engaging poetry book of a silly story of a boy who learns figures of speech. I would use this book for 1st or 2nd graders to teach about figures of speech and poetry. I loved how the book had a nice rhythm to it for a read-aloud and the illustrations were highly exaggerated and colorful.

An idea to use this book in the classroom would be to engaged students to write a funny poem about themselves. After, the students would create a colorful craft portrait of themselves to glue their poem on. Another fun idea would be to teach a lesson on figures of speech to students. The class can come up with (or the teacher) different figures of speech and explore the literal meaning. Students can illustrate the figurative meaning of one figure of speech of their choosing and illustrate the literal meaning of that chosen figure of speech.

This book is a WOW book for me because I thought it would be funny for students in order for them to be motivated, creative, and engaged towards learning an educational concept on poetry or figures of speech. It is also a great way for students to talk about different figures of speech they have heard in their family. As a class, students can learn from different cultures different figures of speeches and their meanings. It is a great way for students to relate and draw connections to one another through their different backgrounds and cultures!

[Ariel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this immediately after the first one. This one focuses on idioms, rather than things that your body sheds/produces. So the character's worry is purely theoretical rather than based on direct experience of seeing his body lose something like in the first book. As there's no actual loss happening and it's not a matter of taking things to their hilarious extreme, like with skin shedding and the idea that your body might soon be peeled down to the bone, it lose some of the macabre quality of the first book. In this book, the fears are based on misunderstandings rather than exaggerations. So it's a more run-of-the-mill book in the sense that taking idioms literally is not an uncommon occurrence, whether unintentionally because of being young or intentionally because of language play and imagination, so the creepy factor is overall a little more subdued. In contrast, the first book was much more inventive and original, at least to me, because I for one have never imagined the possibility of shedding so much skin that you get peeled down the bone, for example. Or randomly losing your eyeballs and head in the same way you lose boogers and hair. All of these shocked me in a good way. The misunderstandings in this book didn't have the same effect. Still well done, though.

[Sarah Cho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny book. This book is relatable to almost anyone, adults, young chilren. The book has a boy who is confused about some of the phrases his parents use. Such as, "That must've broken your heart". This he takes literal and wrecks his mind trying to think about what his heart is actually doing. It is a silly book and I would highly reccomend reading it to your classroom.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very amusing book because it was about a child who didn't understand any idioms, so he took everything very literally. This would be a fun way to begin talking about metaphors in writing and would lead to a good discussion about how we use idioms in our everyday language. I think students would be very entertained by this book and would want to learn more idioms.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

How is an ordinary five year old kid going to keep his body parts all in place, when people keep saying strange things, like "give me a hand", "hold you tongue", and other sayings that requires the body and its parts. This funny tale brings to visual life in the mind of a five year old the use of figures of speech.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Date read: 10/29/2020
Date of review: 10/29/2020
Genre: Realistic fiction, humor
Grade Range: 2-3
Like its predecessor, this book is full of funny rhymes and insights about the sorts of things that cause us to worry when we're kids. It really gets you thinking about how words can mean different things in different contexts.

[Kristen Lunsford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this book was a rhyming book. As an adult, this book kept me wondering what was going to scare him next and what he was going to do. The over exaggerate pictures made the illustration even more interesting. I enjoyed this book a lot and would recommend.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

The second part to Parts, also very hilarious as rhe first one. Very funny and soo cute the pictures are so funny and the words used makes it funny for both children and adults. This little guy wants to make sure he is not falling apart. Or will.break parts of his body off if he is not careful

[Hailey Forbes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: contemporary realistic
Reading Level: lower elementary

This book was quite humorous. The boy in the story took everything literally such as “give me a hand” and thought that meant to literally give up his hand. I️t was a fun story.

[SaraKat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous exploration of idiomatic expressions involving body parts. Funny illustrations of common expressions that might confuse children are included and offer a great opportunity for parents to discuss their meanings since the book doesn't explain the expressions for the reader.

[Nichole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a super cute book about a little boy who thinks all sorts of idioms like "break my heart" and "crack me up" are literal and he gets scared and tries to find ways to protect himself from this crazy world.

[Janeill Banks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picture Book

I thought this book was a fun way to talk about idioms with children. The main character in this book takes everything very literally and goes crazy about the silly things people say that they don't really mean in a literal sense.

[Alison Guo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The boy is funny. Because when people say to take of from your body he tries to glue himself together and when he goes in his room his parents find him and they say why do you look like this? And the boy says people say to take off parts of your body.

[Jennifer Ruvalcaba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Modern Fantasy
Grade Level: Preschool-3
When learning about idioms, this book is great because both the text and the illustration come together to show the idiom. When reading the text, the illustration show what you are literally reading. That would help children see what an idiom is and what it can mean.

[Heather]

I would use this book to help a child understand figurative language, like "Would you give me a hand"? A child may take this literally and get confused and scared since they may take this literally like the boy in the story.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun follow up book to the crazy way we use words and how they might sound when taken literally. The illustrations are super fun. Kids will enjoy this although you should probably shoot for the older toddlers, the one's with some attention span.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

the date you completed reading the book: 10-29-20
a star rating (1 to 5): 5
the date:10-29-20
the genre: fiction
appropriate grade range: K-2
a written book review:
It is a nice follow-up to Parts. Fun to hear these sayings through the ears of a young child.

[Gita · Rating 3 out of 5]

عنوان فارسیش ترجمه شده "واقعا دارم از دست می‌روم". علی بهم نشانش داد و گفت "وقتی میبینی با تغییر رشته‌ات موافقت نمی‌کنن." :))
برای آشنایی بچه‌ها با مفاهیمِ کنایی بود و طنزپردازی فرهاد حسن‌زاده بامزه بود.

[Randal Jr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another good resource for teaching idioms.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just as good as the first book.