4 Wild Animal Books for Kids: Getting Along Outside the Zoo

by Karl Beckstrand

Overview

Explore popular children’s stories that emphasize cooperation and happy social relating: Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm (zoo and farm animals); The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living (selected by Vermont schools); Polar Bear Bowler; and The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga—all in one volume.

Discover career ideas, characters of color, laughter, and online SECRETS (also helpfulness, conflict resolution, compromise, acceptance, and play for ages 3 – 9, Pre-K – 4th grade).

LOOK inside! About 118 full-color pages, 1,400 read-aloud words by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don’t miss his 60 multiracial stories) illustrations by Alycia Mark, Ash Rowan Nuccitelli Sanborn, Karl Beckstrand, and Yaniv Cahoua.

Each animal story is available as individual activity books/ebooks and comes with free online ebooks and classroom lesson plans: KidsWorldBooks (Premio Publishing, worldwide rights © June 2024), libraries, and major picture book distributors. 8”x10”; ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE. No AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions—just pure multicultural fun! JUV039060, JUV008040, JUV002090, JUV002260, JUV011020, JUV019000, JUV033220, JUV033050, JUV033040, JNF020011; YBL, YFP, YFQ; ISBN: 978-1951599300 (eISBN: 9798224857371)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167729193
Publisher:	Karl Beckstrand
Publication date:	10/05/2024
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
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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