Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm: It's Not a Pretty Picture...Book: 2 (Careers for Kids) - Softcover

Beckstrand, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692220976 ISBN 13: 9780692220979

Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

What would you do if Old MacDonald’s farm animals ruined your catering business? Search—and see what Ma does—inside.

Build young minds today! A tongue twister with ethnically diverse characters and online SECRETS (for ages 4 – 8, preschool to third grade). Children love finding and naming the animals and foods (learn nouns).

“Laugh out loud...clever...colorful.” – Israel Drazin, Amazon Vine Voice reviewer.

The perfect length picture book for kids (not too long for adults): 32 pages, 500 read-aloud words in dyslexic-friendly font by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don’t miss his 60 multiracial books), illustrated by Alycia Mark.

Discover all four Careers for Kids books in a bundle—plus free ebooks and classroom lesson plans:

Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story
The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living
Great Cape o’ Colors – Capa de colores (Spanish-English)

LOOK inside! KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © Nov. 2014) and major activity book distributors.

Bedtime peace. Explore this child’s nursery rhyme with a business woman, Indian (from India:), White, Latino, and Black characters; plus reptile pets, insects, and zoo animals (hard/soft/ebook).

School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE; no AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions—just happy multicultural fun! 8"x10". Library of Congress Control Number: 2014947745; JUV002090, JUV019000, JUV050000, JUV010000; YFF, YFP, YNNF; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599027, soft ISBN: 978-0692220979 (ebook: 978-1311606884)

About this title

About the Author

Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author of 20 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 50 e-book titles (reviews by Kirkus, School Library Journal, The Horn Book blog, ForeWord Reviews). Raised in San Jose, CA, he has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APU, and a broadcast & film certificate from Film A. Academy. Since 2004 he has run Premio Publishing. A college media instructor, Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. Beckstrand's nationally lauded Y.A. stories, e-book mysteries, ESL/ELL Spanish/bilingual books, nonfiction, and wordless books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared in: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Border's Books, Costco, Deseret Book, iBooks, The Children's Miracle Network, LDS Film Festival, the U.S. Congressional Record, Papercrafts Magazine, and various broadcasts. FB, Twitter, http: //KarlBeckstrand.com, http: //PremioBooks.com

From the Back Cover

(Humor) What would you do if Old MacDonald’s animals ruined your catering business? Find the animals--and see what Ma does--inside. Activities include finding and naming animals and foods (diverse characters, multiple nouns and alliteration for ages 3 – 8, preschool to third grade). Available in soft cover and ebook versions (with ONLINE EXTRAS!): 32-page, 8"x10" perfect bound nursery rhyme picture book, 500 words by Karl Beckstrand, illustrated by Alycia Mark, Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Mini-mysteries for Minors worldwide rights © Nov. 2014, See inside!) PremioBooks.com, Amazon/Kindle, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Brodart, EBSCO, Flipkart, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Inktera, Kobo, Mackin, OverDrive, Oyster, SCRIBD, and txtr.

From the Inside Flap

(Humor) What would you do if Old MacDonald s animals ruined your catering business? Find the animals--and see what Ma does--inside. Activities include finding and naming animals and foods (diverse characters, multiple nouns and alliteration for ages 3 8, preschool to third grade). Available in soft cover and ebook versions (with ONLINE EXTRAS!): 32-page, 8"x10" perfect bound nursery rhyme picture book, 500 words by Karl Beckstrand, illustrated by Alycia Mark, Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Mini-mysteries for Minors worldwide rights © Nov. 2014, See inside!) PremioBooks.com, Amazon/Kindle, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Brodart, EBSCO, Flipkart, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Inktera, Kobo, Mackin, OverDrive, Oyster, SCRIBD, and txtr.

Edition details

• Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books, LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692220976
• ISBN 13: 9780692220979
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Mark Alycia
• Number of pages: 34