About 4 Sports Books for Kids: Individual Sports Illustrated for Beginner Readers by Karl Beckstrand:
Includes popular picture books: Polar Bear Bowler; Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book; Arriba Up, Abajo Down at the Boardwalk (opposites); Great Cape o’ Colors: Career Costumes for Kids. You tell the stories and count the sports: Acrobatics/tumbling, bowling, climbing, fencing, golfing, horseback riding/equestrian, extreme sports, surfing, ballroom dancing, swimming, and wrestling (115 full-color illustrations, 200 words for ages 3 – 7). Has black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, and Pacific Islander characters. eISBN: 978-1005232610, soft ISBN: 978-1951599171
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Author Bio:
College media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the best-selling author of 26 titles (60+ e-books) with reviews by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Raised in San Jose, California, he has a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in conflict resolution, and a broadcast & film certificate. His western, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award. Beckstrand’s mysteries, nonfiction, STEM, and Spanish/bilingual books feature diverse characters—and usually end with a twist.