About Great Cape o’ Colors: Career Costumes for Kids (Careers for Kids Book 1):
“A magic cape!” Explore daring jobs and count careers, cultures, and costumes—or dress up! Kids learn some color theory and can make a game of pretending to be the different characters (try on costumes, for girl/boy ages 3 – 7 years, ESL/ELL, preschool – second grade).
#1 Careers for Kids (multicultural) series. Get all four: Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm; The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living. “Bright illustrations…excellent for teachers.” – Maritza Mejia, writer/educator.
The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 28 pages. 8.5″x8.5″ full-color kids’ book. See online extras: ChildrenEarn; also in Spanish or bilingual versions with pronunciation guide, soft or hard cover, coloring book, or ebook versions; easy to read & level 1 ESOL/ESE, preschool – second grade). 100 read-aloud words—double for bilingual—in dyslexic font by best-selling, award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (see all of Beckstrand’s 60+ multicultural stories); illustrated by John Collado.
Get this children’s picture book with black and Hispanic superhero characters. Halloween fun. For free career lesson plans, images, and video book trailer, see PremioBooks. None of our picture books discuss gender or orientation. Grow up/graduation gift book for beginning readers; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Worldwide rights © July 2018;), libraries, and all major distributors. LCCN: 2018932695, JUV009020, JUV006000, JUV051000, JUV071000, FOR007000, JUV011010, JUV011030, JNF013020, JNF020011, BUS012000; hard ISBN: 978-1732069633, soft ISBN: 978-1986733922, eISBN: 978-1370964918
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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