Even More Parts

Parts #3

by Tedd Arnold

Chip Block, the hero of Parts, is back, and still worried about falling apart based on the things he hears. This time he’s made a list of all the strange, crazy things he’s heard people “I lost my head.” “My nose is running.” “I sang my heart out. . . .” It’s scary stuff, but he has a plan for making sure he doesn’t accidentally leave any of his parts behind. A hilarious sequel to the wildly popular Parts and More Parts.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Language, Comedy, 1st Grade

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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

[Cookie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Thursdays - Thursdays mean library day. For me, it is so much fun to see what my first grader brings home from the library, and he brings home some really interesting books sometimes.

Yesterday he brought home a book about idioms.

I'm not fooled though. It was because of the pictures. I know he couldn't resist the literal representation of 'tongue tied' or 'all eyes on me' or a 'running nose'.

This is not a story book. It's a book that leads a discussion and lends to comprehension. It was total fun as a parent to see the light click on when my guy figured out the figurative meaning of each phrase and could truly appreciate the silly pictures that accompanied those phrases.

[Sadia Mansoor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This humorous series has a slightly different take on the everyday idioms, which are associated with a man's body parts, for example, put your 'heart' into it or lend me a 'hand', etc. Other body parts are also included, like eyes, ears, nose, mouth, toes, tongue, etc.

The three books of this series gives a visual representation of these idioms & that makes it a fun read altogether. The protagonist, which is the young boy has the habit of taking everything (idioms) much too literally! This is his MAJOR problem!

[Sandy Brehl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Taking a word-play spin on his body-parts series, Arnold uses figurative language to explore visual/literal misinterpretations of various body parts: keep an open mind, eyes in the back of your head, my nose is running...

[Marianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my kids favorite of the Parts series. They liked the other two but this was their favorite.

[Margaret · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't read the first two in this series, but I get the idea. Idioms come to life: "there's a frog in my throat." Cute and funny, although I'm not a big fan of this style of drawing. Great to teach kids about idioms and phrases that sound like they mean something else. I'm sure kids think it's funny, and some kids may not have heard some of them before.

What I didn't like, and "put a bad taste in my mouth"... the very first page starts off with "Sometimes I wish my stupid ears weren't always open wide. They hear such strange and crazy talk--I'm scared to go outside!" I object to using the word "stupid." It was banned in my house while my daughter was growing up--we didn't use it to refer to anyone, ourselves or anything. "Silly" was an OK word. Stupid is harsh and some kids hear it said about THEM from people who are supposed to love them or teach them. If I ever read this book to a child or group, I'd replace stupid with silly.

[Mikayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This hilarious book, third in its series, has a slightly different take on the everyday idioms we use. The figurative language used such as "cat got your tongue" or "my eyes are bigger than my stomach" while using graphics of this kids body parts offers a fun take on these silly phrases. I have not read the others in the series but I hope to get that chance one day! I found the graphics to be eye catching and different than any other I have seen before, I loved it! I would use this book in my class as a fun read-aloud and leave it in my class library for my students to read.

[raccoon reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh Idioms are so much fun. We "had a blast" with this book. My kiddo is just so literal that he had a lot of questions about most of the sayings and I had fun trying to explain them! Etymology and colloquial speech is one of my favorite past times that I have very little time to read much on. My cultural linguistics class in college ignited a passion. I had no idea this series of books were about idioms and the body and it was a delight to read with my inquisitive son. He was also amused by how gross some of them are if you think about it lol!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is hilarious. It could also be a good starting point for teaching kids about different kinds of non-literal speech. I found the "toe truck" (That's not an idiom! That's a pun!) to be particularly funny. I haven't read the first two books in this series, but if they are similar to this they must be good!

[Spencer Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book because it teaches about a bunch of sayings that kids probably hear throughout the day but they might not know what they mean. This book helps put those sayings to amazing illustrations by tedd Arnold and does it in a humorous way. I think this book is an excellent way for kids to learn idioms and what they mean. This book is modern fantasy and is in the 1st-4th grade

[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
Of the three in the series, this one places the most emphasis on how common phrases might be misinterpreted or taken too literally with delight effects. This would be a good mentor text as far as learning expressions and things we hear, and how they don't mean exactly what they say.

[Nancy Patterson]

Date I completed reading the book: 10-29-20

My star rating (1 to 5): ****

The date: 11-25-20

Genre: Fiction, Humor, Children's literature

Grade range: 1-2

Book review: This book would be great to use if teaching about idioms or body parts. The book is funny as Ted explores the meaning of expressions about our body parts.

[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 really brought out the humor of taking these sayings literally.

[Brandon Dyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was a great educational book to teach younger kids idioms that they would hear later on in there development.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I didn't enjoy this 'Parts' book as much as the others, it made up for it with humor in the illustrations. It was very cute.

[SaraKat · Rating 3 out of 5]

A third book in the series with great, hilarious illustrations and even more idioms shown that use human body parts. A cute book, but an inferior copy of the second to me.

[Yinxue Zhang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creepy.

[Alex Valencic · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the idea of a book that exposes children to idioms, but this one doesn't explain what they actually mean.

[Alyssa Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to teach idioms!

[Captivated Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was confusing for a kid. It just illustrated phrases without actually clearing up any of the idioms that people use for kids.

[emyrose8 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chock full of body idioms! I can't believe how many there are related to the body. Even the endpages are jammed with idioms! Great illustrations (some might be a little gross).

[Suzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each one of these was so hilarious.

[Andrea Bueno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Date: Oct. 29, 2020
Genre: Fiction
Grades: 2-4
Funny stories. This author tells us how some kids think, I am sure I thought of some of these crazy things when I was younger.

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book with lots of examples of idioms. My one complaint is that it doesn't show what the idiom actually means, which is what people struggle with...

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny read aloud for kids learning idioms.

[kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny

[Rick Christiansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to use when introduces or teaching idioms. Fun and hilarious with tons of examples.

[Muhammad · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is very funny and tells a lot of idioms. The pictures are nice.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought the pictures in this story were rather disturbing, but my daughter laughed through the entire book. Literal pictures of phrases people say about facial parts.

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun book of idioms!

[Tessa]

He does a good job doing the illustrations because they could be creepy. I think kids would find this funny instead of it weirding them out