About Ups & Downs at the Boardwalk: A Picture Book of Opposites (Careers for Kids 5):
Explore this children’s book of opposites with online SECRETS, Pacific Islander and Hispanic characters, and bright illustrations for concept comprehension. Build kids’ minds today! Beginning readers learn colors, verbs, and nouns.Discover marine animals, water sports, rides, and foods in this educational book with counting activity and parts of speech (for girls and boys ages 2 – 7, preschool – 2nd grade).Bedtime peace. Set in the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (surf/amusement park) in California, get this hard/soft/ebook in Spanish (Arriba, abajo en la playa) or bilingual versions.“Vivid colors…maintain the attention of the very young.” – Lee Ashford for Readers’ FavoriteFind the seal, birds, cat, dog, sand dollar, and wooden horse. The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 26 pages, 93 simple large-print words in verse—double for bilingual—written and illustrated by best-selling author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don’t miss his many habitat/ecology books).“Smile, frown, sky, and ground…. Red, yellow, blue, brown…. Leap and bound, verb and noun, sight, smell, taste, sound.”Get all 4 Sports Books for Kids—plus free ebooks and classroom lesson plans: Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words Great Cape o’ Colors: Career Costumes for Kids Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture BookLOOK inside! KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © Aug. 2012), libraries, and grammar book distributors. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/EFL, Easy to read & level 1 ESOL/ESE (8″x10″). No AI. No CRT, gender, or orientation spiel—just happy multicultural fun! LCCN: 2012912901; JUV009040, JUV009030, JUV033080, JUV033190, JUV032060, JUV054000, JUV009130; Lexile 220-500, (eISBN: 978-1301623037), ISBN: 978-1479168941
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College media instructor Karl W. Beckstrand is the best-selling author/illustrator of more than thirty multicultural/multilingual titles (60 ebooks—reviews by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal). Raised in San Jose, California, he has lived abroad and earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations & conflict resolution, and a broadcast & film certificate. Since 2004, he has run Premio Publishing. He’s won multiple publishing awards, including a 2025 Global Book Award for nonfiction and an International Book Award for his Y.A. western novel, To Swallow the Earth. Beckstrand loves volleyball and singing (in rock bands or choirs). His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, immigrant biographies, self-help, Spanish/bilingual, and STEM books feature ethnic characters—and usually end with a twist.