4 Career Books for Kids: With Job & Business Ideas

by Karl Beckstrand

Overview

What will your graduate do this summer—or for the rest of their life?

Explore award-winning illustrated books: The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living (selected by Vermont schools); Great Cape o’ Colors (careers, cultures, costumes); Bright Star, Night Star (for aspiring astronomers); and Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm (about a woman-owned business)—each with multicultural characters—bound in one volume.

Get ideas for businesses or your profession—plus online money management tips. Clever stories captivate young children; teens want to apply the things they learn (1,500 easy to read words for ages 4 – 15, Pre-K – 10th grade). These entertaining educational stories highlight the value of work and of finding solutions to everyday problems.

LOOK inside! 118 pages of laughs with Asian, black, white, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern characters. Get online EXTRAS: entrepreneurial inspiration, money-making/saving activities, occupation choices, customer sources, even upward mobility help.

Don’t miss this fun children’s career treasury by best-selling author and former Silicon Valley recruiter Karl Beckstrand (discover his 60 multicultural books). Art by Yaniv Cahoua, John Collado, Luis F. Sanz, and Karl Beckstrand.

Teach a child to fish today. Claim online bonus ebooks and free classroom lesson plans: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © May 2024), libraries, and major kids’ book distributors. 8"x 10". No AI or CRT. None of our multiracial children’s books discuss gender or orientation. JUV009090, JUV006000, JUV012060, JUV039220, JUV030020, JUV063000, BUS025000, BUS012000, BUS060000, BUS019000, BUS048000, JNF013040; ISBN: 978-1951599270

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167726161
Publisher:	Karl Beckstrand
Publication date:	09/14/2024
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	5 - 11 Years

About the Author

Media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator of 25 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. His survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his multicultural kids’ books have been lauded by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has lived abroad and worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversity—not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Beckstrand has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APUS, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. He teaches media at a state college and, since 2004, has run Premio Publishing. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan’s Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters—and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, and https://PremioBooks.com
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AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW, SPEAKING, & CONSULTATION: [e-mail]
Speaker topics:
"Getting Your Book to the World - Traditional vs. Digital publishing"
"Entrepreneurship: Bless Lives, Make Money with Your Gifts"
"Artistic Education - How the Humanities Enrich Us"
"Writing Scripts for Shows, Film, Ads & the Web"
"Writing for Media: News Stories & Press Releases that Get Attention"
"How Diversity Enriches Everyone"
"Making Habit Work for You - Replace the Bad with Milestones"