"Leave it to Beamer" is a children's book series about a young boy, Beamer, who dreams up wild, imaginative ideas for where he believes English idioms and other figures of speech may have come from. And in the end, Beamer also learns the true meanings of these silly sayings.
In this story, Beamer learns about the English Idiom - The Proof is in the Pudding.
Grown-ups sure do have a funny way of saying things. The other day my teacher told me that the answer to my question was in some pudding. But we weren’t talking about pudding, we were talking about our favorite ice cream flavors. What does pudding have to do with ice cream? And why would the answer to my question be in some pudding? Hmmmmm.
In The Proof is in the Pudding, Beamer imagines a mystery that takes place in the City of Custard. The town's favorite pudding factory starts losing business to an upstart gelatin store and so the mayor hires investigators to solve the case. And in the end, Beamer learns the true meaning of this silly saying.
At the back of the book, young readers will also learn what an idiom is, what this particular idiom means, where this particular idiom originated from, and why we use it today.
The Leave it to Beamer children's book series is a fun, humorous, imaginative book series that is geared towards children ages 2-8. However, since these books also help to teach English idioms are also great for children ages 9-12.