Tedd Arnold

Have you ever heard someone say, "Give me a hand" or "Hold your tongue"? What about "Scream your lungs out"? If you take these common sayings literally, the world can seem like a pretty dangerous place for your body! In this hilarious story, one very worried boy is trying his absolute hardest to keep all of his pieces exactly where they belong. After all, if you laugh your head off, how will you ever put it back on? To stay safe, he has to get creative. Maybe tying a fluffy pillow around his chest will keep his heart from breaking, and wearing gloves filled with lots of glue will keep his hands securely attached! Get ready to giggle as you discover the silly side of everyday idioms. Packed with wild imagination and laugh-out-loud pictures, this book will have you rolling on the floor—just be careful not to split your sides!

You are growing up, and your body is doing some incredibly strange things! One day you notice fuzz in your belly button, the next day the skin on your toes starts peeling off, and now your very own tooth is wiggling right out of your mouth. For one terrified young boy, the horrible truth seems totally obvious: all of his parts are coming unglued! Join this worried kid on a hilarious panic attack as he tries to figure out how to hold himself together using tape, glue, and whatever else he can find. Every page is packed with wacky rhymes and perfectly silly drawings that will have you laughing your head off. It is the absolute funniest way to learn that losing a tooth or shedding some skin is completely, one hundred percent normal.

Chip Block just managed to survive losing his teeth and peeling his toes, but now he has a brand new reason to panic. People keep saying the most terrifying things! When someone says they sang their heart out, or that their nose is running, Chip takes it completely literally. You will crack up as you watch him create wild, ridiculous plans to keep his body parts firmly attached so his head does not roll away and his eyes do not fall out of his skull. Explore the silly world of figures of speech alongside a delightfully anxious hero who is determined to keep himself in one piece. The zany drawings and side-splitting misunderstandings make this a wildly funny ride through the confusing things adults say every day.