"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 Elephant in the Room.

Grown-ups sure have a funny way of saying things. The other day my Dad said we had an elephant living in our house, And I looked and I looked, but I could not find an elephant anywhere. Why would my Dad say such a silly thing? How could an elephant even fit into our house? Hmmmmm.

In The Elephant in the Room, Beamer imagines a land of hippos who have been overrun by an evil gang of rhinos. In an effort to rid their town of the rotten rhinos, the mayor calls for help from the elusive elephant ninjas. 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, they are also great for children ages 9-12.