About Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids (Food Books for Kids 1):
“Bizarrely funny” – The Horn Book. A wisecracking picture book on the short (shelf) life of a bunch of bruisers—with activities to save families from “I’m bored” disease. Banana characters try crazy stunts in a cautionary children’s story with simple healthful recipes, including banana muffins, smoothies, cookies, and pancakes.
7 easy, yummy low-sugar recipes (more online)
Laughs
Fun family activity
African-American child
Free lesson plans
#1 in the Food Books for Kids series. Explore six more kids’ snack books in a bundle—plus free recipes, ebooks, lesson plans, and online secrets: GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden; The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm; It Came from Under the High Chair; She Doesn’t Want the Worms; Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery: KidsWorldBooks (Worldwide rights © Juneteenth 2011), libraries, and major cookbook distributors.
The perfect length book for children (not too long for adults: 24 pages), it’s clever, hands-on fun for boys and girls (ages 4 – 10, preschool – 5th grade, ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE). 320 read-aloud words (before recipes) by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don’t miss his 60 multicultural books); illustrated by Jeff Faerber.
LOOK inside! Family STEM book/children’s cookbook with black and Hispanic characters; 8”x10” full-color fruit humor book for reluctant readers. Classroom/homeschool. No AI or CRT. None of our multicultural kids’ books discuss gender or orientation. LCCN: 2010910826; GAM020000, JUV050000, JUV011010, JUV019000, JUV054000, JUV020000; YNPC, YBG, JNTS; Hard ISBN: 978-0977606542, Soft ISBN: 978-0977606511 (ebook: 978-1452415598)
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Author Bio:
College media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 27 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