Grow!: How We Get Food from Our Garden (Multicultural Books)

"Rollicking fun...cleverly written...multicultural illustrations in brilliant colors.... [A] wealth of information." - Barbara Mojica, Top 1,000 Reviewer

A happy child and grandfather till, plant, and harvest fruits, vegetables, flowers, and grains in a tongue-twisting picture book with online tips for starting your own garden.

Selected by Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, The Library of Congress, The USDA (Virginia Tech), and the Georgia Farm Bureau. Children love to see how things grow. Learn basic gardening and discover animals--revealed in online SECRETS.

How does your garden grow? 325 dyslexic-friendly words by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (don't miss his 60 multiracial books). Illustrated by Zanara for ages 4 - 7, Pre-K - 2nd grade.

Discover six Food Books for Kids (series) in a bundle--plus free recipes and lesson plans: Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids; The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga; Crumbs on the Stairs - Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery in English & Spanish; She Doesn't Want the Worms; Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights (c) Oct. 2020) and major distributors.

LOOK inside! The perfect length book for young kids (not too long for adults): 28 full-color pages, 8.5″x8.5″ hard/soft cover agriculture/ecology children's book--also an ebook. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL. No AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions--just growing fun! JNF022000, JUV050000, GAR000000, JUV011010, JUV006000, JUV020000, JUV029000, JUV054000; YNPG, YNPC, YFP; LCCN: 2020945698; Hard ISBN: 978-1951599072, soft: 978-1951599089, (eISBN: 978-1005175436)

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, 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, Apple/iBooks, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, https: //KarlBeckstrand.com, https: //PremioBooks.com

College media instructor Karl W. Beckstrand is the best-selling author/illustrator of thirty multicultural/multilingual titles (60 ebooks-reviews by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal). Raised in San Jose, California, he has lived abroad, earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations & conflict resolution, and a broadcast & film certificate. He's won multiple publishing awards, including an International Book Award for his Y.A. western novel, To Swallow the Earth. Beckstrand loves volleyball and singing (in rock bands or choirs). His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, immigrant biographies, self-help, Spanish/bilingual, and STEM books feature ethnic characters-and usually end with a twist. See: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Follett, Ingram, Walmart, Target, and PremioPublishing.com