Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm: It's Not a Pretty Picture...Book

by Alycia Mark (Illustrator), Karl Beckstrand

Overview

What would you do if Old MacDonald's farm animals ruined your catering business? Search-and see what Ma does-inside.

Build young minds today! A tongue twister with ethnically diverse characters and online SECRETS (for ages 4 - 8, preschool to third grade). Children love finding and naming the animals and foods (learn nouns).

"Laugh out loud...clever...colorful." - Israel Drazin, Amazon Vine Voice reviewer.

The perfect length picture book for kids (not too long for adults): 32 pages, 500 read-aloud words in dyslexic-friendly font by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don't miss his 60 multiracial books), illustrated by Alycia Mark.

Discover all four Careers for Kids books in a bundle-plus free ebooks and classroom lesson plans:

Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story
The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living
Great Cape o' Colors - Capa de colores (Spanish-English)

LOOK inside! KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights (c) Nov. 2014) and major activity book distributors.

Bedtime peace. Explore this child's nursery rhyme with a business woman, Indian (from India: ), White, Latino, and Black characters; plus reptile pets, insects, and zoo animals (hard/soft/ebook).

School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE; no AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions-just happy multicultural fun! 8"x10". Library of Congress Control Number: 2014947745; JUV002090, JUV019000, JUV050000, JUV010000; YFF, YFP, YNNF; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599027, soft ISBN: 978-0692220979 (ebook: 978-1311606884)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692220979
Publisher:	Premio Publishing & Gozo Books, LLC
Publication date:	10/29/2014
Series:	Careers for Kids , #2
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author of 20 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 50 e-book titles (reviews by Kirkus, School Library Journal, The Horn Book blog, ForeWord Reviews). Raised in San Jose, CA, he has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APU, and a broadcast & film certificate from Film A. Academy. Since 2004 he has run Premio Publishing. A college media instructor, Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. Beckstrand's nationally lauded Y.A. stories, e-book mysteries, ESL/ELL Spanish/bilingual books, nonfiction, and wordless books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared in: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Border's Books, Costco, Deseret Book, iBooks, The Children's Miracle Network, LDS Film Festival, the U.S. Congressional Record, Papercrafts Magazine, and various broadcasts. FB, Twitter, http://KarlBeckstrand.com, http://PremioBooks.com