Ups & Downs at the Boardwalk: A Picture Book of Opposites

by Karl Beckstrand

Overview

Explore this children's book of opposites with online SECRETS, Pacific Islander and Hispanic characters, and bright illustrations for concept comprehension.

Build kids' minds today! Beginning readers learn colors, verbs, and nouns.

Discover marine animals, water sports, rides, and foods in this learning activity book with counting activity and parts of speech (for girls and boys ages 2 - 7, preschool - 2nd grade).

Bedtime peace. Set in the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (surf/amusement park) in California, get this hard/soft/ebook in Spanish (Arriba, abajo en la playa) or bilingual versions.

"Vivid colors...maintain the attention of the very young." - Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite

Find the seal, birds, cat, dog, sand dollar, and wooden horse. The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 26 pages, 93 simple large-print words in verse-double for bilingual-written and illustrated by best-selling author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don't miss his many habitat/ecology books).

"Smile, frown, sky, and ground.... Red, yellow, blue, brown.... Leap and bound, verb and noun, sight, smell, taste, sound."

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LOOK inside! KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights (c) Aug. 2012), libraries, and grammar book distributors. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/EFL, Easy to read & level 1 ESOL/ESE (8"x10"). No AI. No CRT, gender, or orientation spiel-just happy multicultural fun! LCCN: 2012912901; JUV009040, JUV009030, JUV033080, JUV033190, JUV032060, JUV054000, JUV009130; Lexile 220-500, (eISBN: 978-1301623037), ISBN: 978-1479168941

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479168941
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/25/2012
Series:	Careers for Kids , #5
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.07(d)
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author of 18 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