4 Sports Books for Kids: Illustrated for Beginning Readers

by Karl Beckstrand

Overview

Get kid favorites: Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words; Arriba Up, Abajo Down at the Boardwalk: A Picture Book of Opposites; Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book; and Great Cape o' Colors: Career Costumes for Kids (bound in one volume)

You tell the stories, find the animals, and count the individual sports: Gymnastics, bowling, climbing, fencing, golfing, horseback riding/equestrian, extreme sports, surfing, parkour, ballroom dancing, swimming, wrestling (only 200 words, plus Spanish opposites, for boys/girls ages 2 – 7 years, preschool – 2nd grade).

Discover Black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American/First Nations, and Polynesian characters—plus online SECRETS, free ebooks, and classroom lesson plans: KidsWorldBooks.

Explore this funny children's book by best-selling author-illustrator and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand—don't miss his 60 multiracial books. 110 full-color illustrations by Ashley Sanborn, Karl Beckstrand, Jordan C. Brun, and John Collado.

LOOK inside! 8"x10" perfect-bound soft cover children's learning activity/language book on sportsmanship (Premio Publishing, worldwide rights © July. 2022), libraries, and major sports book distributors. ESL/ELL/EFL, Easy to read & level 1 ESOL/ESE; Fountas & Pinnell GRA: A – B, DRA: 1 – 2. No AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions—just pure multicultural fun! SPO007000, SPO016000, JUV032100, JUV032170, JUV032060, JUV032190, JUV009080, JUV032160, JUV011010, JUV011030, JUV019000, JUV033230, HUM001000, JNF013110, BUS012000; YFR, YNWD, JNTS; LCCN: 2022941518; (eISBN: 978-1005232610), soft ISBN: 978-1951599171

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167721296
Publisher:	Karl Beckstrand
Publication date:	10/01/2022
Series:	Sports Books for Kids
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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