Overview

What does it mean to have a green thumb? How do you show your true colors? Idioms can be confusing, but they help you to understand English and are a lot of fun to learn! With clever multicultural illustrations, literal translations of the idioms, meanings in 2 languages, and English example sentences, With Flying Colors explains common color idioms in a way that makes them easy to understand. It's a perfect book to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students. With Flying Colors includes bonus material to support English language learners and promote culturally responsive teaching, such as links to: ● English audio of the book● Information about the history of the idioms in the book● Additional color idioms, their meaning, and history● Lesson plans to help teach idioms while exposing children to other cultures With Flying Colors is a great resource to build language skills while having fun! Other books in the Language Lizard Idiom Book Series (available in English and bilingual editions): ● Fresh as a Daisy - English Nature Idioms● Icing on the Cake - English Food Idioms ● The Lion's Share - English Animal Idioms

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"""I highly recommend the Language Lizard Idiom Book Series to teachers, parents, and English-language learners of all ages. From the youngest to the most experienced, readers will have a whale of a time discovering new phrases and expressions, while turning pages with laughter and joy. The books are fun to read, easy to understand, and appropriate for any educational setting. Without hesitation, I rate this series 5 out of 5 stars. They would make a great addition to any home or classroom library, and I'm confident you, too, will feel the same.""-- Tara Brown, ESL, English, and Spanish Teacher, Michigan ""These books are highly recommended to foster and develop common English phrases that cause confusion for multilingual learners in a meaningful, relatable, and relevant format.""-- Robyn Dailey, Title III Instructional Coach, Georgia"

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Anneke Forzani is the President and Founder of Language Lizard (www.languagelizard.com), which provides multicultural resources in over 60 languages to schools, libraries, and literacy organizations. Anneke speaks several languages and has spent considerable time working and traveling in Asia and Europe. Anneke is the author of the teaching manual Building Bridges with Bilingual Books and Multicultural Resources, and the children's books Happy After All, The Three Little Howlers, The Three Little Sun Bears, and Who Are We? Dmitry Fedorov is originally from Ukraine, currently living in the Netherlands. He loves to draw illustrations for children's books and is also passionate about painting with oils and watercolors.

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