Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors? (Words Are… (edició 2011)

This is a playful book about similies and metaphors. It talks about what they each are and then continues to give examples of each. This is a great book for teaching these two type of figurative language. ( )

Suggestion from "Literacy in the Early Grades: A Successful start for PreK-4 Readers and Writers."

This book focuses on the concept of similes. The story is told in dialogue directed at the reader, instead of telling a story that contains similes, it teaches the concept of similes in a story book with colorful and fun pictures, helping readers gain a clearer and more in depth understanding of similes. This book also contains metaphors and rhymes which are good tools for children to know and understand. This book would be a great tool for introducing similes to students, it explains it in a very basic and clear way and the examples used throughout the book are fun and creative that children will enjoy. ( )

This is a good book to introduce similes and metaphors. It gives multiple examples and also explains the difference between the two in a cute and easy read. ( )

Provides humorous explanation of simile and metaphors.