Laughter, Laughter: Now & After! The Multicultural Book Covers of Karl Beckstrand

by Karl Beckstrand

Overview

Best-selling author Karl Beckstrand has crafted (and often illustrated) scores of eclectic funny bilingual/educational stories, ebooks, and audio books. This 40-cover collection showcases design and many ethnicities—not only the characters, but the collaborators (illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Librarians, teachers, parents, young adults, teens, and children love the art of these popular books.

DISCOVER
The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga; GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden; Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story; Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery; Campfire Cats; Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book; Great Cape o’ Colors – Capa de colores; T’s Time Travel Treasure Trunk; Purple Pigs in the Popcorn; Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids; It Came from Under the High Chair: A Mystery; Arriba Up, Abajo Down at the Boardwalk; Agnes’s Rescue; The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living; Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words; Why Juan Can’t Sleep: A Mystery?; Sounds in the House – Sonidos en la casa: A Mystery; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm: It’s Not a Pretty Picture…Book; She Doesn’t Want the Worms; Big Black Seed: A Book with No Words; Orange Room; Horse & Dog Adventures in Early California; Polar Bear Bowler; Muffy & Valor: A True Dog Story

Explore award-winning Spanish-English, mystery, hidden picture, immigrant biography, STEM, sports, food, tongue twister, career, wordless, and wild animal books—and get free ebooks, classroom lesson plans, concept bundles, and online SECRETS: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © May 2024).

LOOK inside! Characters of color, 180 read-aloud words in large type by a college media instructor (don’t miss his 60 multiracial kids’ ebooks) illustrated by Karl Beckstrand, Channing Jones, David Hollenbach, Jeff Faerber, Luis F. Sanz, Shari Griffiths, Ash Rowan Nuccitelli Sanborn, Alycia Mark, Sean Sullivan, Brandon Rodruiguez, John Collado, Yaniv Cahoua, Jeremy Higginbotham, Jordan C. Brun, Mike Condie, and Zanara.

Beckstrand (who’s a quarter South African) has worked with people from all continents—except Antarctica. He’s won multiple publishing awards, including an International Book award for his Y.A. western survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth; and his works have been lauded by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal.

See if you catch three narratives by reading each title in order! Get this full-color collector’s compilation today (fiction/nonfiction, hard/soft/ebook) via Premio Publishing and major distributors. 36 full-color pages (8"x10"). No AI. LCCN: 2024936438; ART006000, CGN025000, ART023000, DES001000, ART004000, HUM000000, FOR026000, JUV074000, JUV05400, JUV010000, JUV011030, JNF020011, JNF007122; AKH; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599263, soft ISBN: 978-1951599232 (ebook: 979-8224478552)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940167700529
Publisher:	Karl Beckstrand
Publication date:	08/01/2024
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 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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"Artistic Education - How the Humanities Enrich Us"
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"How Diversity Enriches Everyone"
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