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Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book

Author	Karl Beckstrand

Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book

Name: Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book
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Karl Beckstrand

Two gophers feel the joy and challenges of golfing. Find the animals and cement vocabulary with this colorful sports book for kids ages 2 – 6; 8.5″x8.5″, 30 pages, 0 words (hard/soft/ebook)

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(Sports humor) Two gophers feel the joy—and trials—of golfing (thanks to other critters). Your child can find and name animals as they describe the action on the golf green.

“Hilarious…make up a fun story to tell…with the very cute illustrations…. Young children will really love this book.” – Sonja Nishimoto for Sunnie Reviews. Kids love to make up their own stories to go with the pictures—cementing extant vocabulary and prompting them to learn new words. A colorful picture book for beginning readers (kids ages 2 – 6/preschool – first grade, Emergent Reader/Fountas & Pinnell: A, DRA: 1).

Watch for the squirrel! Get number 3 in the Stories Without Words series (stand alone; previous titles not needed) by award-winning author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden —click Karl Beckstrand above for all 60 multicultural books); Illustrated by Jordan C. Brun.

Other wordless books: Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words, Butterfly Blink: A Book Without words. 30 full-color illustrations, perfect-bound, 8.5″x8.5″ hard/soft cover children’s activity book, also an ebook; Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights © Feb. 2021). More inside images/video book trailers: PremioBooks, Baker & Taylor, B&N, Brodart, Follett, Herzberg/Perma-bound, Ingram, Biblio/EBSCO/iBook/Kindle/Kobo/Mackin/Smash/SCRIBD, libraries, Target and Walmart online. JUV032190, JUV009080, JUV002160, JUV019000, SPO016000, HUM001000, JUV054000, JUV010000, JNF003160, JNF003140; LCCN: 2020952133; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599096, soft: 978-1951599102, eISBN: 978-1005586782

Karl Beckstrand

Karl Beckstrand is the award-winning and bestselling author of 19 multicultural titles and more than 50 e-books (reviews by Kirkus, The Horn Book’s blog, School Library Journal, ForeWord Reviews). Beckstrand earned a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APU, and a certificate from Film A. Academy. Formerly a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, Beckstrand’s early work was produced by small publishers (his first publisher died the day they were to print his book!). Since 2004 he has guided Premio Publishing & Gozo Books.
An engaging presenter and workshop facilitator, Beckstrand has experience in high tech, marketing & design, public policy, film & broadcasting. He teaches media at a state college—including TV/radio/film scripts and Web content—and contrasts traditional publishing with digital book publishing. His Y.A. fiction, short stories, kids’ e-book mysteries, nonfiction/biographies, Spanish & bilingual books (with ESL/ELL pronunciation guides), and wordless books feature characters of color and usually end with a twist. He has lived abroad, been a Spanish/English interpreter, and speaks on diversity. He enjoys volleyball and kayaking (usually not at the same time).
Beckstrand has presented for SUECON (education conference), Taiwan’s Global Leadership for Youth, California's Capital Book Festival, Utah Educational Library Media Association, Called to Learn conference, Salt Lake City Book Festival, PCI Webinars, Utah Humanities Council, Profnet, Murray City Writer’s Workshop, Utah Housing Coalition, LUW, Midvale City Reading Program, Utah Office of Education, professional groups, and schools. His work has appeared in: Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Border’s, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Kobo, LDS Film Festival, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The Children’s Miracle Network, The Congressional Record of the U.S. House of Representatives, Walmart.com, various broadcasts, and PremioBooks.com. Find: “Karl Beckstrand” on FB, Twitter, KarlBeckstrand.com, and https://karlbeckstrandblog.wordpress.com/
AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW, SPEAKING, & CONSULTATION
Speaker topics:
"Getting Your Book to the World - Traditional vs. Digital publishing"
"Entrepreneurship: Bless Lives, Make Money with Your Gifts"
"Artistic Education - How the Humanities Enrich Us"
"Writing Scripts for Shows, Film, Ads & the Web"
"Writing for Media: News Stories & Press Releases that Get Attention"
"How Diversity Enriches Everyone"
"Making Habit Work for You - Replace the Bad with Milestones"