Ida's Witness - Beckstrand, Karl
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(Biography) When young Ida contracts scarlet fever in 1880s Sweden, she almost loses her sight. After another brush with death, Ida learns that there is more than this life, disease has an end, and small miracles happen every day. With new faith, Ida leaves her mother and brother and sails with her sister to America for a better life--free from poverty and persecution. But she knows no English. How will she share what she's learned in a strange country? Set in an important era of American immigration history, this prequel to Anna's Prayer is a delightful, inspiring story for all ages and…mehr

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(Biography) When young Ida contracts scarlet fever in 1880s Sweden, she almost loses her sight. After another brush with death, Ida learns that there is more than this life, disease has an end, and small miracles happen every day. With new faith, Ida leaves her mother and brother and sails with her sister to America for a better life--free from poverty and persecution. But she knows no English. How will she share what she's learned in a strange country? Set in an important era of American immigration history, this prequel to Anna's Prayer is a delightful, inspiring story for all ages and cultures (children 6 - 12 yrs., first - seventh grades; 35 full-color illustrations). 2,000 read-aloud words by Ida Lovisa Anderson retold by best-selling author/illustrator and media professor Karl Beckstrand (The Bridge of the Golden Wood--see 60+ multicultural books--click Karl Beckstrand above). Get this hybrid picture book about immigration, religious freedom, courageous women, baptism, and family history--available in soft cover, hard cover, and e-book versions. 8.5"x8.5" LDS nonfiction. For free family history/geography lesson plans, images, and video book trailer, see PremioBooks. #2, Young American Immigrants series (#1 is Agnes's Rescue, #4 is Samuel Sailing), Premio Publishing (worldwide rights © Nov. 2018), libraries, and all major distributors. JNF007120, JNF053240, JNF025200, JNF038060, JNF007080, JNF057050, lCCN: 2016962276, eISBN: 9780463292839, hard ISBN 9780985398859, soft ISBN 9781503247147
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College media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the best-selling and award-winning author/illustrator of 30 multicultural/multilingual titles and more than 60 ebooks. He's lived abroad and interned for a Massachusetts publisher and for Congress in D.C. He earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations and conflict resolution, and a broadcast/film certificate. He's been a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit), and a rock band front man. He's won multiple publishing awards, including a 2016 International Book award for his Y.A. western survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, and his works have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversity-not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Since 2004, he 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, self-help, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Kobo, Papercrafts Magazine, Everand, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart, and PremioPublishing.com