About Crumbs on the Stairs: A Mystery (Mini-mysteries for Minors Book 2):
(Humor, parts of speech) Where are the crumbs coming from? Why are there crumbs on the stairs? Who is dropping crumbs everywhere?!
A Hispanic boy takes readers on a counting search for the crumb culprit. This funny bedtime story comes with question words (interrogatives), and vivid images to aid language comprehension at any age. Kids will love the goodies, laughs, and online SECRETS (joy for children 2 – 6 years, Pre-K – 2nd grade).
Count the bear! Mini-Mysteries for Minors series, #2 (standalones). Discover all four children’s mysteries in a bundle—plus free ebooks and classroom lesson plans: Sounds in the House – Sonidos en la casa, It Came from Under the High Chair, Why Juan Can’t Sleep: A Funny Mystery: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © 2011), libraries, and major children’s book distributors.
LOOK inside! The perfect length book for young kids (not too long for adults): 24 pages.
Get this kids’ mystery book in Spanish or bilingual versions, hard/soft/ebook; 95 words in verse for reluctant readers (double for bilingual) written & illustrated by best-selling author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don’t miss his 60 multiracial books); 8”x10” full-color picture book with Latino child, teddy bear, and the gift of sharing. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/EFL, Easy to read & level 1 ESOL/ESE. No AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions—just happy multicultural fun! JUV020000, JNF020010, JUV011030, JUV028000, JUV019000, JUV054000; Lexile 450-500, YBLC, CJBG, 2ACB; ISBN: 978-0977606535, (eISBN: 978-1301432615, Spanish: 978-0615443058)
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Author Bio:
College media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the best-selling and award-winning author/illustrator of 30 multicultural/multilingual titles and more than 65 ebooks. He’s lived abroad and interned for a Massachusetts publisher and for Congress in D.C. He earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations and conflict resolution, and a broadcast/film certificate. He’s been a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit), and a rock band front man. He’s won multiple publishing awards, including a 2016 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. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has 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). Since 2004, he 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, self-help, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, 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, Kobo, Papercrafts Magazine, Everand, Target, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart, and KidsWorldBooks.