Muffy & Valor: A True Dog Story - Paperback
Muffy & Valor: A True Dog Story - Paperback
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by Brandon Rodriguez (Author), Karl Beckstrand (Author)
"A touching, easy-to-read children's story...based on an actual event pertaining to the author's own dog." - Stevie Turner, writer. A sweet nonfiction picture book with a Hispanic family that teaches compassion, friendship, trust, and courage (kids ages 5 - 8, kindergarten - third grade, especially for children with a fear of dogs).
Look inside! Muffy is a little dog who loves people; but after a painful injury she is wary of other dogs. Valor is a lost German shepherd who gets hit by a car. When Muffy's family brings Valor home to recover, no one is sure what Muff will do. Kids love the dog counting activity and online SECRETS. #1, True Pet Stories (series. Next in series: Horse & Dog Adventures). Animal lovers' book with 700 read-aloud words in dyslexic font by best-selling, award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (Agnes's Rescue-see all of Beckstrand's 60+ multicultural books), illustrated by Brandon Rodriguez. Get this 28-page full-color picture book with big dogs in hard cover, soft cover, or ebook versions (8.5"x8.5"). More inside images and lesson plans: Premio Publishing (worldwide rights (c) Sept. 2017) PremioBooks, libraries, and all major distributors. JNF003060, JNF053060, JNF053050, JNF003170, JNF018030, JNF053220, JNF024070, lCCN: 2017939481, eISBN: 978-1370601592, Hard ISBN: 978-0985398842, Soft ISBN: 978-1479315574Author Biography
Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author of 19 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 50 ebook 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. His survival western, To Swallow the Earth won a 2016 International Book Award. 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
