Karl Beckstrand, Veara Southworth Fife

Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl (Young American Immigrants, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Embark on a true adventure through the eyes of a child who sailed, rode, and walked it (portrayed in the motion picture, 17 Miracles). Nine-year-old Agnes hopes for a better life in the USAbut will she survive the journey to her new home?

Leaving her brother in Scotland (her father already lost at sea), Agnes sails with her Scottish-Irish mother and siblings to New York in 1856. They take a train to the edge of the Western Frontier in Iowa then walk westward 1,200 miles with little food. Somewhere near the Continental Divide, Agnes's shoes wear out. In blizzard conditions, she must now cross the Rocky Mountainsbarefoot.

#1 in the Young American Immigrants (nonfiction picture book) series. Get the ebook free.

Don't miss this inspiring account of courage, faith, gratitude, and hope for children 6 11 years (first sixth grades); 1,500 read-aloud words from Agnes Caldwell Southworth's autobiography set in an important era of American history; retold by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (discover all 60 of his multicultural books today) and Veara Southworth Fife.

Explore 4 Stories of Immigrant Kids bound in one volumeyou'll be glad you did!

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Samuel Sailing: The True Story of an immigrant Boy (South Africa)

Each has online SECRETS, free ebooks, and classroom lesson plans (make a family tree): KidsWorldBooks.

LOOK inside! 32 full-color illustrations by Sean Sullivan, 8.5"x8.5" hard/soft cover, ebook about brave resilient kids, happy families, horses, 4th of July, travel, moving, and Pioneer Day (LDS); Premio Publishing (worldwide rights © April 2021), libraries, and major book distributors. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE. None of our multiracial kids' books discuss CRT, gender, or orientation. LCCN: 2021931888; JNF053240, JNF025200, JNF007120, JNF057000, JNF038060, JNF007080; YXG, YNMF, YNMD, (eISBN: 978-1005577032), hard ISBN: 978-1951599119, soft ISBN: 978-1975888831

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books
• Altersempfehlung: ab 6 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005577032
• Artikelnr.: 73113833

Autorenporträt

Media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator of 25 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. His survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his multicultural kids' books have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has lived abroad and worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversitynot only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Beckstrand has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APUS, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. He teaches media at a state college and, since 2004, has run Premio Publishing. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse charactersand usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, and https://PremioBooks.com
https://karlbeckstrandblog.wordpress.com/
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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"