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Harrison, Troon

 
9781951787028: The Lion's Share: Animal Idioms (A Multicultural Book)

Synopsis

What does it mean to let the cat out of the bag?

Why would you take a bull by the horns?

Idioms can be confusing, but they help you to understand English and are a lot of fun to learn!

With clever illustrations depicting scenes and characters from around the world, this multicultural book explains common animal idioms in a way that makes them easy to understand.

The Lion's Share includes bonus material to support English language learners and promote culturally responsive teaching, such as links to:

  1. Information about the history of the idioms in the book
  2. Additional animal idioms, their meaning and history
  3. Lesson plans to help teach idioms while exposing children to other cultures
  4. English audio of the book

This book is a great resource to build language skills while having fun!

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À propos des auteurs

Troon Harrison is an internationally published, award winning author, an editor, and a creative writing teacher. Born in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Troon was raised mainly in Cornwall, England. She holds degrees in sociology, primary education, and English literature. When she isn't writing, Troon is out in the pasture, enjoying the companionship of her horses. Troon's work is published in six languages and eight countries and has been favorably reviewed in leading periodicals (including The Quill and Quire, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Library Journal, Atlantic Review, Kirkus, Horn Books, Canadian Book Review Annual, and The London Times). Her books have consistently been chosen as notable by the Canadian Children's Book Center in Toronto, and two of her picture books are animated televisions shows on YTV.

Dmitry Fedorov is a professional artist and illustrator with years of experience illustrating children's books. He creates both digital concept art as well as illustrations using traditional instruments such as pencils, markers, soft pastel, charcoal, watercolor and oil paint. He is educated in academic drawing and painting and implements a variety of styles in his work.

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