Synopsis "Laughter, Laughter-Now & After: The Multicultural Book Covers of Karl Beckstrand"
Best-selling author Karl Beckstrand has crafted (and often illustrated) scores of eclectic funny bilingual/educational stories, ebooks, and audio books. This 40-cover collection showcases many ethnicities-not only the characters, but the collaborators (illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Librarians, teachers, parents, young adults, teens, and children love the art of these popular books. See if you catch three narratives by reading each title in order! Explore award-winning Spanish-English, mystery, hidden picture, immigrant biography, STEM, sports, food, tongue twister, career, wordless, and wild animal books-and get free ebooks, classroom lesson plans, concept bundles, and online SECRETS: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights (c) May 2024). DISCOVERThe Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga; GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden; Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story; Crumbs on the Stairs - Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery; Campfire Cats; Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book; Great Cape o' Colors - Capa de colores; T's Time Travel Treasure Trunk; Purple Pigs in the Popcorn; Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids; It Came from Under the High Chair: A Mystery; Arriba Up, Abajo Down at the Boardwalk; Agnes's Rescue; The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living; Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words; Why Juan Can't Sleep: A Mystery?; Sounds in the House - Sonidos en la casa: A Mystery; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm: It's Not a Pretty Picture...Book; She Doesn't Want the Worms; Big Black Seed: A Book with No Words; Orange Room; Horse & Dog Adventures in Early California; Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words; Muffy & Valor: A True Dog Story LOOK inside! Characters of color, 180 read-aloud words in large type by a college media instructor (don't miss his 60 multiracial kids' books) illustrated by Karl Beckstrand, Channing Jones, David Hollenbach, Jeff Faerber, Luis F. Sanz, Shari Griffiths, Ash Rowan Nuccitelli Sanborn, Alycia Mark, Sean Sullivan, Brandon Rodruiguez, John Collado, Yaniv Cahoa, Jeremy Higginbotham, Jordan C. Brun, Mike Condie, and Zanara. Beckstrand (who's a quarter South African) has worked with people from all continents-except Antarctica. 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. Get this full-color collector's compilation today (fiction/nonfiction, hard/soft/ebook) from libraries and major book outlets. 36 full-color pages (8"x10"). No AI or CRT. LCCN: 2024936438; HUM000000, FOR026000, JUV074000, JUV05400, JUV010000, JUV011030, JUV011010, JUV011020, JUV011040, JNF020011, JNF007122; YBC, YFP, YNNF; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599263, soft ISBN: 978-1951599232 (ebook: 979-8224478552)
