| Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words Contributor(s): Beckstrand, Karl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1951599012 ISBN-13: 9781951599010 Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books OUR PRICE: $23.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Insects, Spiders, Etc. - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Words (see Also Headings Under Language Arts) |
| Series: Stories Without Words |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8" W x 10" (0.72 lbs) 26 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: (STEM) "Entranced me...fascinating concept...luscious colors...stunning illustrations." - Jean B. Yates, Vine Voice Reviewer. Follow the stages of a monarch butterfly from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. With each blink the butterflies multiply (until a playful dog disperses them). Includes Pacific Islander/Polynesian child plus information on special concern species and insect habitat conservation. Children love to make up/write stories for the colorful illustrations by award-winning author/illustrator and media professor Karl Beckstrand (Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm--see 60+ multicultural books--click Karl Beckstrand above. Ages 2 - 6/preschool to first grade, Emergent Reader/Fountas & Pinnell: A, DRA: 1). Winner: Promoting Picture Books' Art Cover Contest. Diverse wordless book activities include finding and naming insects and characters and cementing vocabulary by describing the action or writing a story. Blink and there's more--blink and they're gone! Other books in this wordless book series: Polar Bear Bowler and Gopher Golf. The perfect length book for kids (not too long for adults): 24 pages. Get this pollinator/insect book in hard cover, soft cover, and e-book versions today. 8"x10", full-color perfect bound kids' gift book about butterflies (beginning reader), Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (Stories Without Words series #2, worldwide rights (c) April 2016) PremioBooks and libraries. LCCN: 2016931905, JNF003250, JNF003060, JUV009080, JNF029040, JNF037020, JUV002300, JUV002070, JNF003120, JNF051150, JUV010000, hard ISBN: 978-1951599010, soft: 978-0692648599 (ebook ISBN: 978-1311095978) |
Contributor Bio(s): Beckstrand, Karl: - Media professor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 22 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 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. 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, https: //KarlBeckstrand.com |