"This is a magic cape!" Explore daring jobs and count cultures, careers, and costumes--or dress up! "Bright illustrations.... excellent for teachers." - Maritza Mejia, author/educator.
Children's picture book with black and Hispanic superhero characters; kids learn some color theory and 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).
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-friendly font by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (see 60+ multicultural books--click Karl Beckstrand above); illustrated by John Collado
#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. The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 28 pages. 8.5"x8.5" full-color kids' book.
For free career lesson plans, images, and video book trailer, see PremioBooks. Grow up/graduation gift book for beginning readers; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Worldwide rights (c) July 2018;) and libraries. LCCN: 2018932695, JUV009020, JUV006000, JUV051000, JUV071000, FOR007000, JUV011010, JUV011030, JNF013020, JNF020011, BUS012000; hard ISBN: 978-1732069633, soft ISBN: 978-1986733922, eISBN: 978-1370964918
Author Biography
Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 20 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 50 ebook titles (reviews by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, The Horn Book's blog, ForeWord Reviews). Raised in San Jose, CA (he knows the secret to peeling avocados), 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. His survival western, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award. An ESL and college media instructor, Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His nationally lauded Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual/ESL, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared in: Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, http: //KarlBeckstrand.com, https: //GozoBooks.com
