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Icing on the Cake: Food Idioms (A Multicultural Book) - Language Lizard Idiom Troon Harrison

What does it mean to use your noodle?

Why would you spill the beans?

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

With clever multicultural illustrations, idiom meanings, and example sentences, Icing on the Cake explains common food idioms in a way that makes them easy to understand. It's a perfect book to build language skills while having fun!

Icing on the Cake includes bonus material to support English language learners and promote culturally responsive teaching, such as links to:






This book is available in English and over 10 Bilingual editions.

Icing on the Cake is a great resource to teach students in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.