Simile Sources

Contributor's Form (list #12)

Bunting, Eve. A Turkey for Thanksgiving ("pressed leaves, thin and pale as new ice on a pond")
Cole, Brock. The Winter Wren ("spring rolled before them like a big green wave")
Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain.
Juster, Norton. A Surfeit of Similes.1/I> (poetry)
Kesey, Ken. Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear.
Lester, Julius. John Henry. (Many wonderful, fanciful similes, such as "a mountain as big as hurt feelings," and "muscles hard as wisdom.")
Lester, Julius. Sam and the Tigers.
London, Jonathan. Like Butter on Pancakes.
Moore, Clement. The Night Before Christmas ("as dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly" etc.)
San Souci, The Faithful Friend.
San Souci. The talking eggs.
Schotter, Roni. Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane.
Stanley, Saving Sweetness.
Terban, Marvin. Mad as a Wet Hen.
Tresselt, Alvin. Hide and Seek Fog ("the fog twisted about the cottages like slow-motion smoke")
Van Allsburg, Chris. Polar Express.
Yolen, Jane. The Emperor and the kite.
Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon ("whiter than the milk in the cereal bowl")
Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice ("sturdy as a pillar, supple as a snake, wide as a cliff...")

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