This document contains some book suggestions to help introduce all the various parts of writing. Helping students understand figures of speech takes more than a book ? it takes a creative teacher and interested students. One book that teachers and students have had a great time with is Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards, (Kids Can Press, 2004, ISBN 1-553-37462-2). Since most students can identify with humor, animals and great art work, this book works well. The animals visually act out the idiom when an alligator eats her words and sweeps books off a shelf right into her mouth.