About Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book (Stories Without Words 3):
(Sports humor) Two gophers feel the joy—and trials—of golfing (thanks to other critters). Children can find and name animals as they describe the action on the golf green.
“Hilarious.… Make up a fun story to tell…with the very cute illustrations…. Young children will really love this book.” – Sonja Nishimoto for Sunnie Reviews. Kids cement extant vocabulary telling or writing what’s in the pictures—which can prompt the learning of new words. A colorful picture book for beginning readers (ages 2 – 6/preschool – first grade, Emergent Reader/Fountas & Pinnell: A, DRA: 1).
Watch for the squirrel! Get number 3 in the Stories Without Words series (stand alone; previous titles not needed) by best-selling, award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden—see all of Beckstrand’s 60+ multicultural books); Illustrated by Jordan C. Brun.
The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 30 full-color illustrations. Other wordless books: Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words, Butterfly Blink: A Book Without words. 8.5″x8.5″ hard/soft cover children’s activity book, also an ebook; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights © Feb. 2021). More inside images/video book trailers: PremioBooks, libraries, and all major distributors. JUV032190, JUV009080, JUV002160, JUV019000, SPO016000, HUM001000, JUV054000, JUV010000, JNF003160, JNF003140; LCCN: 2020952133; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599096, soft: 978-1951599102, eISBN: 978-1005586782
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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