As Silly As Knees, As Busy As Bees An Astounding Assortment of Similes
What's as still as a statue, as busy as bees, as scary as heights, and as silly as knees? What else but a simile, a figure of speech that's as fresh as a peach, as cheerful as bluebirds, as delicate as lace, and as clever as zippers! These 225 similes are as sure to please as a smiling baby and as delightful as only the author of The Phantom Tollbooth can make them.
Juvenile NonfictionPoetryJuvenile FictionAnimals
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH80
LANGUAGEEN
Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.
As Silly As Knees, As Busy As Bees An Astounding Assortment of Similes
What's as still as a statue, as busy as bees, as scary as heights, and as silly as knees? What else but a simile, a figure of speech that's as fresh as a peach, as cheerful as bluebirds, as delicate as lace, and as clever as zippers! These 225 similes are as sure to please as a smiling baby and as delightful as only the author of The Phantom Tollbooth can make them.
Juvenile NonfictionPoetryJuvenile FictionAnimals
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH80
LANGUAGEEN
Norton Juster is an architect and planner, professor emeritus of design at Hampshire College, and the author of a number of highly acclaimed children's books, including The Dot and the Line, which was made into an Academy Award-winning animated film. He has collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on the libretto for an opera based on The Phantom Tollbooth. The musical adaptation, with a score by Arnold Black, premiered in 1995. An amateur cook and professional eater, Mr. Juster lives with his wife in Amherst, Massachusetts.
