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Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids
Contributor(s): Faerber, Jeff (Illustrator), Beckstrand, Karl (Author)
ISBN: 0977606546     ISBN-13: 9780977606542
Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books
OUR PRICE:   $23.36  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Cooking & Food
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Diet & Nutrition
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2010910826
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8" W x 10" (0.72 lbs) 26 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Publisher Description:

"Bizarrely funny" - The Horn Book. A wisecracking picture book on the short (shelf) life of a bunch of bruisers--with activities to save families from "I'm bored" disease. Diverse banana characters try crazy stunts and start turf wars in a cautionary children's tale with simple low-sugar recipes; including banana muffins, smoothies, cookies, and pancakes.

- 7 easy, yummy low-sugar recipes (more free recipes online)

- Laughs & a great message

- Fun family activity

- Black child

- Hard cover, soft cover, or ebook

The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults), it's clever, hands-on fun for boys and girls ages 4 - 10 (preschool - 5th grade, Look inside!). Get more healthful recipes free at PremioBooks. 320 read-aloud words (before recipes) by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (Crumbs on the Stairs - Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery-see 60+ multicultural titles--click Karl Beckstrand above); illustrated by Jeff Faerber.

#1 in the Food Books for Children series (other titles: The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga, Grow: How We Get Food from Our Garden, Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm); family/children's cookbook with African-American child; full-color, 24-page fruit humor book for reluctant readers; 8"x10"; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (more inside images/video book trailer; Worldwide rights (c) 2011): PremioBooks and libraries. LCCN: 2010910826; GAM020000, JUV050000, JUV011010, JUV019000, JUV054000, JUV020000, Hard ISBN: 978-0977606542, Soft ISBN: 978-0977606511 (ebook: 978-1452415598)


Contributor Bio(s): Beckstrand, Karl: - Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author of 18 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