Peake, Mervyn Laurence,  1911-1968. <br/><br/>
Figures of speech / 
Mervyn Peake. 
 - 1st U.S. ed., New ed. 
 - Cambridge, MA :  Candlewick Press,  2003. 
 - 1 v. (unpaged) :  col. ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Uses cartoon-like drawings to represent such sayings as "Burning their bridges," "Sitting pretty," "To cut a long story short," and "I could just kick myself." 
<br/><br/> Young Adult 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763621765 (hc. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002041757 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Riddles--Caricatures and cartoons--Juvenile literature.<br/>English wit and humor, Pictorial--Juvenile literature.<br/>Figures of speech.<br/>Wit and humor.<br/>Cartoons and comics.<br/>Figures of speech.<br/>Wit and humor.<br/>Cartoons and caricatures.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NC1479.P4  / A4 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>741.5