Karl Beckstrand's Blog
June 26, 2025
Dad
I was going to write about dads and grads—but didn’t make it. My father passed away a few days ago and I wanted to write a bit about him.
He was a big scary guy when I was a tot. He loved motorcycles and sports (and I didn’t). He wasn’t perfect, but he was present when a lot of other people’s dads were off “finding themselves.”
I won’t quote statistics on the socio-economic advantages to having a dad in the home, but dads are essential.
My dad and I only understood each other in the last months of his life—and that’s okay. I know some don’t believe in an afterlife; but I’ve had some powerful experiences that persuade me (beyond doubt) that I’ll see my dad again. And when I see him, I’ll see who he really is. I think we’ll be good friends.
I’m grateful to have had a father for most of my life.
A great book for dads is my classic western and International Book Award winner, To Swallow the Earth. I co-wrote it with my grandfather. It’s high adventure!
Have a graduate in the family (any age)? I recommend The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living.
May 30, 2025
4 Seasons Books for Kids: A Wordless Collection for Beginning Readers
For a long time I’ve been excited to get this particular kids’ book out. As I was “writing” the latest of my four wordless books, I realized that each pertains to one of the four seasons—and I had written them in order—without thinking about it!
WINTER – Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words
SPRING – Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words
SUMMER – Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book
AUTUMN – Big Black Seed: A Book with No Words
I remember thinking when Gopher Golf came out (illustrated by Jordan C. Brun) that I had two wordless books about sports. “Too bad,” I thought, “that Butterfly Blink doesn’t fit in at all!”
SERENDIPITY!
You can imagine my thrill when the idea for the fourth no-words book came to me (independent of any theme I was conscious of); Big Black Seed just happened to be a fall/harvest book. WAIT! I thought, Polar Bear Bowler is a winter tale, Butterfly Blink is about spring, and Gopher Golf is a summer story!
I love these books because they enable kids to tell the story—and it doesn’t matter if the child is learning English or some other language! In fact, language learners of any age can test and cement extant vocabulary and be impelled to discover words they didn’t know (like bowling or butterfly) in the new language.
This collection (bound in one volume) also teaches about fairness, consideration, taking turns, and sharing.
WHO SAYS EDUCATIONAL BOOKS HAVE TO BE DULL?
Learners can also find and identify animals, sports, hidden pictures, and discover online SECRETS that keep “readers” entertained and curious!
A couple of the stories are pretty funny (even for parents and teachers. Zero words for emergent readers ages 1 – 6, Pre-K – 1st grade/ESL). Older students can write about the action in the illustrations.
BEDTIME PEACE
Some have wondered how I can be the “author” of a wordless book. Simple: the characters and scenarios just come to me, and I describe what I imagine to illustrators (like in a cartoon)—or draw/paint the action myself. It’s low stimulation for autistic children.
You can get each book as a standalone (hard cover, paper, or ebook) or bound together in this “4 Seasons” collection. Get bonus ebooks, free classroom lesson plans—plus online extras: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights © May 2025, libraries and major book distributors).
BUILD YOUNG MINDS TODAY
Don’t miss this educational children’s book collection by me (best-selling author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand). Check out my 60 multi-nation/multicultural books, including GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden.
Explore these infant/baby books about the four seasons and nature with characters of color and art by Beckstrand, Jordan C. Brun, and Ash Rowan Nuccitelli Sanborn (110 pages, 8″x10″ hard/soft/ebook, school/homeschool, Fountas & Pinnell GRA: A, DRA: 1). No AI. No CRT, gender, or orientation spiel—just happy wordless fun! BR-220; YNNL, YFP, CFC, 5AX. JUV009100, JUV043000, JUV033050, JUV0039220, JUV009080, JUV0033230, JUV033190, JUV0029010, JUV0039200, Hard ISBN: 978-1951599348, soft ISBN: 978-1951599317
March 15, 2025
Big Black Seed: A New Wordless Garden Adventure
My 31st book—out March 26
I’m so excited to announce my 31st title (the seventh book I’ve illustrated): Big Black Seed: A Book with No Words.
BBS is a garden-inspired journey for beginning readers (ages 1 – 5, Pre-K – kindergarten) who tell you the story!
GROW KIDS’ MINDS TODAY
Watch as a tortoise, cat, pigs, birds, and insects find and plant a mysterious black seed. As the seed grows, so does the learning—kids cement vocabulary by describing every magical twist.
Older children can extend their knowledge by writing about the seed’s sprouting and environment, making it a perfect tool for growing verbal and written language skills.
Find the animals—and see what grows as the fruit of their labors! Discover where food comes from. Explore hidden pictures and online SECRETS that will keep kids entertained and curious!
BEDTIME PEACE
The perfect length book for toddlers (not too long for adults: 24 full-color illustrations), Big Black Seed is a low-stimulation book for autistic children.
BBS is the fourth in the popular bedtime story/baby book series, Stories Without Words (there’s one for every season!), and it’s one of my 300+ multicultural products.
There’s even more exciting news—a bundle of all four wordless kids’ books is available! The bundle includes:
Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words Polar Bear Bowler: A Story Without Words Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book Big Black SeedThese fresh titles come with free ebooks and classroom lesson plans and are being distributed worldwide to libraries, major children’s booksellers, and educators looking for enriching resources.
I loved creating Big Black Seed, a simple gardening story that adds layers of fun to the reading experience. This inclusive food tale nurtures vocabulary development and celebrates the wonders of nature. A perfect gift, get your copy in softcover or ebook (hardcover soon) versions and discover the story that grows with every reading!
10 Reasons Not to Get BBS:
You don’t want an easy (no-words) read.
You don’t want a peaceful, low-stimulation book for kids at bedtime.
You don’t want a free ebook or lesson plan.
You don’t want to find hidden pictures or online SECRETS.
You don’t want to know what will come from the seed.
You don’t want to see my 31st book (7th one I’ve illustrated).
You don’t want the fourth book in the Stories Without Words series.
You don’t want books with characters from different cultures.
You don’t want the perfect beginning reader book.
You don’t want a nature/gardening book for kids.
Children’s book on farming, watermelon, mammals, and reptiles. School/homeschool ESL/ELL/ESOL/ESE, Fountas & Pinnell GRA: A, DRA: 1. No AI. No CRT, gender, or orientation—just happy multiracial fun! LCCN; JUV033080, JUV002220, JUV050000, JNF022000, JUV029000, JUV009100, JUV009080; BR-220; YNNL, YFP, CFC, 5AX; Amazon/Kindle, Apple/iBooks, Árvore, Barnes & Noble, Biblio, Brodart, EBSCO, Everand, Follett, Gardner’s, Hertzberg/Perma-bound, Ingram, Kobo, Libraria, Library Direct, Mackin, MagicBlox, Mindworks, Odilo, OverDrive, Palace, Walmart.com, and KidsWorldBooks.com (FREE online books, lessons, plus exclusive bundles). Hard ISBN: 978-1951599249, soft ISBN: 978-1951599256
December 13, 2024
Top Books That Shaped My Adult Life
Favorite fiction and nonfiction
What books delight you?
Last month I listed the books that most impacted me as a kid. Today, I’m listing those that have most influenced me as an adult. It’s been fun to review and remember how these books made me feel (I’ve even remembered what was going on in my life when I read some of these).
FICTION (in no particular order):
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
The Shack by William P. Young
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragon Drums & The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Scientific Progress Goes Boink by Bill Watterson
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
To Swallow the Earth – heart-stopping western I wrote with my granddad Ransom Wilcox (winner: 2016 International Book Award)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Screwtape Letters, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
NONFICTION:
John Adams by David McCullough
The Five Thousand Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen
Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Good to Great by James C. Collins
1776 by David McCullough
God Adores You (me challenging conventional wisdom on relationships)
The Holy Bible
Leadership & Self Deception by the Arbinger Institute
The Peacegiver by James L. Ferrell
The Continuous Atonement by Brad Wilcox
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Honorable mentions: Jesus The Christ by James E. Talmadge, He Did Deliver Me from Bondage by Colleen C. Harrison, and one you can get free here.
I’m curious to know whether some of these impressed you too! Feel free to share your list here—and share this post with readers you love.
Several of my wordless books are free on Kindle this month. See our list of books for every holiday here. Get a free ebook or lesson plan by signing up at KidsWorldBooks.com.
Can’t wait for you to see our 2025 releases!
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December 4, 2024
What Are You Really About?
There’s very little that I know for certain—but I’ve come to know a few things for myself:
You and I are eternal beings—but not eternally static. We are creatures that can’t help improving ourselves.
Carl Sagan said: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, first you must first invent the universe.”
As a writer, I can tell you that The Cat in the Hat, simple as it is, could never have put itself together—nor could pie ingredients.
I teach digital design. Examine a daffodil; it clearly has a designer. Look at the function of your eye. Evaluate DNA—this complex code of acids must have a coder.
There is a power superior to mine/yours—and that Essence is kinder and more able than we know. There is also a power inferior to humans that is mean and deceptive. Many people follow it, becoming weaker, meaner, and separate from truth (joy) in the process.
We ultimately get what we most desire (though that can change over time—thank goodness!).
God doesn’t make mistakes
We are family—ALL of us! Our differences are the gifts we give to each other; we’ll always need each other.
Read more here. And please comment on what YOU are about.
November 15, 2024
MY FAVORITE KIDS’ BOOKS
Inclusive holiday goodies, freebies & fun for the whole family
What children’s titles got you excited about reading books?
Here’s my list:
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Anna’s Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl (about my great-great aunt)
Bicycles North: A Mystery on Wheels by Rita Ritchie (this book got me hooked on non-picture books)
The Bridge of the Golden Wood: A Parable on How to Earn a Living – Chosen by Vermont for finance/career curriculum
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Fairy Tales Brothers Grimm/Hans Christian Andersen
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Golden Book of Fun & Nonsense (various classical poets/novelists being silly)
Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More to Life by Maurice Sendak
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Muffy & Valor – The true story of my own dog and a German Shepherd we saved after a car accident
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
My all-time best seller is GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden—perfect for Thanksgiving!
Honorable Mentions:
Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery (illustrated by me), Sounds in the House: A Mystery (kids wear this book out), Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book, She Doesn’t Want the Worms (bilingual, in ForeWord’s 2011 Top 10 Best Books, praised by School Library Journal), Bad Bananas: A Story Cookbook for Kids (um, irreverent:), Why Juan Can’t Sleep and Bright Star Night Star: An Astronomy Story—both illustrated by Luis F. Sanz
Illustrated by women (and praised by Publisher’s Weekly): Polar Bear Bowler/The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga/Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm – These children’s books are JUST FUNNY! See all in Laughter, Laughter – Now & After.
I’ve published 15 themed compilations (STEM, Spanish, sports, hidden picture). 4 Stories of Immigrant Kids is the newest – all true illustrated stories/biographies from my family.
Give the gift of multicultural fun—and build kids’ minds today! Almost all have online SECRETS, free ebooks and classroom lesson plans, and can be had in bundles (hard/soft/ebook). Get our list of books for every holiday: KidsWorldBooks.com
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October 1, 2024
Family Safe, Inclusive, Wholesome Halloween Freebies & Fun!
Spooky mysteries and costumes for ALL ages!
This summer marked the 20th anniversary of our first published book: Sounds in the House. What’s been truly gratifying is to have families come back for second or third copies—as their first ones have been completely worn out by repeated use. Kids have asked for the story over and again (and parents haven’t been annoyed to re-read)!
Now we have seven mystery picture books (most are Spanish-English with pronunciation guide), three middle grade mysteries, Halloween costume ideas, and a western thriller for adults.
Sounds in the House! Sonidos en la casa – A Mystery in English & Spanish Ever been scared by strange noises? A scaredy-cat dog faces his fears. “Suspenseful without ever getting too intense.” – Kirkus Reviews. Includes finding activity (for ages 2+/ESL, 180 read-aloud words, 8.5”x8.5”, 24 pages); hard ISBN: 978-0985398873, soft: 978-0615442303
Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras: A Mystery in English & Spanish (Interrogatives) Where did the crumbs come from? A Hispanic child takes readers on a finding and counting search for the crumb culprit. Full text and pronunciation guide in English and Spanish. “Elevando la Lectura Bilingüe.” – T. Navarro (for kids 2 years+/ESL, preschool – 2nd grade, 95 words, 24 pages) Hard ISBN: 978-0977606504, Soft: 978-0977606597
Great Cape o’ Colors – Capa de colores (English-Spanish with pronunciation guide) “A magic cape” book for exploring colors—and daring jobs. Count the careers/cultures, try costumes with Black & Hispanic superheroes (kids 3+/ESL). 100 dyslexic-friendly words; 28 pages; Hard ISBN: 978-1732069619, soft: 978-0692220986
It Came from Under the High Chair – Salió de debajo de la silla para comer: A Spanish-English Mystery (Parts of speech) A mysterious visitor brings intrigue and laughter to a Polynesian-Filipino family. A kids’ book of prepositions, monsters, and heroes—with finding/counting activity and online SECRETS for kids ages 4 – 7; 36 pages; 800 words in dyslexic-friendly font; hard ISBN: 978-1732069664, soft: 978-0692220993
She Doesn’t Want the Worms! Ella no quiere los gusanos: A Mystery in English & Spanish “Raises the bar for all children’s picture books,” Top 10 Best Books of 2011 – ForeWord Reviews. A STEM book about a Blasian girl who responds to some unusual gifts—that happen to be alive! “Delightful…humorous…bright illustrations” – Ana Rodriguez for School Library Journal. Bug finding activity (for ages 3+ ESL, 180 words, 24 pages); hard ISBN: 978-0985398828, soft: 978-0977606528
Why Juan Can’t Sleep: A Funny Mystery (Bedtime) Worn-out Juan “Must sleep!” Tonight he’ll dream of dragons…or will he? “Lovely exploration…fabulously rich and evocative of the artistry of Shel Silverstein” – Mark Condon, Unite for Literacy. Discover animals, hidden pictures, Spanglish, and parts of speech (for ages 4 – 7, Pre-K – 3rd grade); 32 pages; 290 words; hard ISBN: 978-1951599041, soft: 978-0615692296
4 Funny Mysteries for Kids: Giggles, Goosebumps, Gross Ghosts & Grammar for Growing Goblins Get best-selling picture books bound in one: Sounds in the House, It Came from Under the High Chair, Crumbs on the Stairs, and Why Juan Can’t Sleep. Comes with counting/finding activities (bears, bugs, sounds) for kids 2 – 8 years, Pre-K – 3rd grade; 110 pages; 1,400 words (more including Spanish); ISBN: 978-1505690187
The Millerville Mysteries (Middle grade chapter series) In the mid-1950s, strange happenings in Millerville, Kansas prompt young detectives to outsmart adults—finding clues to solve the real riddle. Book I: The Mystery of the Grinning Buddha, 31,000 words, 978-1940802220; Book II: The Mystery of the Ugly Bottle, 52,000 words, 978-1940802244; Book III: The Mystery of the Haunted Lighthouse, 35,000 words, 978-1940802008. 158 – 210 pages for ages 8 – 12, grades 3 – 7.
To Swallow the Earth: A Western Thriller Winner: 2016 International Book Award & Laramie finalist. A tough young woman and a Latino drifter both search for missing family in a Nevada silver rush land scheme that leaves each unsure who to trust—and scrambling to stay alive (clean, ages 14+). Paperback/ebook/audiobook with additional short story. 54,000 words, 200 pages, ISBN: 978-0692407974 (eISBN: 978-1311882387, Audio ISBN: 978-1667060699)
Build kids’ minds today! Almost all have free online SECRETS, ebooks, classroom lesson plans, and can be had in bundles (hard/soft/ebook). No AI, CRT, gender, or orientation discussions—just happy multicultural fun!
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August 1, 2024
New Multicultural Books, Sites & Free Fun
We’re giving away another book: We’ve finally bound all our immigrant stories in one volume: 4 Stories of Immigrant Kids: True Tales of Courage and Faith—free on Kindle through August 6.
Discover illustrated adventures—biographies spanning seventy years (1856 to 1926)—in the kids’ own words. Each child seeks a better life in America: Agnes’s Rescue (Book I, Scotland/Ireland), Ida’s Witness (Book II, Sweden), Anna’s Prayer (Book III, Sweden), Samuel Sailing (Book IV, South Africa). All touch on a universal desire—the yearning for a family and a place to call home. (4 years+; soft cover/ebook; 5,500 words; via major distributors; ISBN: 979-8224531684; the individual titles are available in hard cover).
Young people can do hard things! When, as a kid, my mom told me about genealogy, I thought it was a bunch of dry dates and places; but when I finally published a family story, I was hooked!
What is your ancestry? Might there be compelling stories in your family history that would make a good book?
Premio Publishing—which, in its 20th year—has a new site connecting all our book imprints: PremioPublishing.com
KidsWorldBooks.com KarlBeckstrand.com
LoveYourGayKid.com PublishingKeys.com
Have a book club? We have clean romance, westerns, biographies, short stories, and self-help!
Some of our newer titles don’t have ratings online yet—you can make a difference for us by rating them on Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Goodreads, and/or Smashwords.
Feel free to share links—and (kindly) rate any books you feel merit stars!
We can’t wait for you to see all our 2024 releases!
April 20, 2024
20 Years, 30 Multicultural Books, 275 Fun Educational Products
It’s hard to believe that Sounds in the House – Sonidos en la casa, our first children’s mystery, was published 20 years ago! It’s been quite an adventure (since our first publisher died the day we were to print). We’ve had a lot of wild and funny exploits—and are gratified to be among the few publishers for young readers to survive two full decades.
OFFERINGS
By year’s end, we’ll have 30 unique book titles/textbooks, 30 classroom lesson plans (many free), 16 themed book bundles—and about 275 entertaining products/gifts (hard/soft/ebook/audio formats, language versions, and concept compilations).
We’ve rebranded from Gozo Books, to Premio Publishing, to Kids World Books (see our latest logo and site) and have YouTube and TikTok channels, lots of social media profiles, and numerous book awards. Our titles have had nods from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, ForeWord, and The Horn Book. They’re in schools/homeschools and libraries around the world—from Poland to Peru to the Philippines—and available via most book outlets/distributors.
We have expanded into biographies/nonfiction, self-help, and fiction for adult readers (see PremioBooks.com and our new store: PathsPress.com).
FREEBIES
Biography, Agnes’s Rescue: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl and Spanglish thriller, Why Juan Can’t Sleep: A Funny Mystery, are free on our site and on Kindle (self-help too). Next weekend 4 Spanish-English Books with pronunciation guide will be free. Feel free to share.
Don’t miss our exclusive book bundles, free ebooks, lessons, online secrets, and multiple informative videos/interviews on publishing.
Get the best price from KidsWorldBooks (before distributors force them up again!).
HELP! We’ve reinvented the book catalog—publishing all our covers in one narrative volume called Laughter, Laughter – Now & After. No longer a dry list, we hope you enjoy it as a story (and promote/gift it to the parents, teachers, booksellers, librarians, and readers you know). Please help us choose a subtitle—length is not an issue):
The Multicultural Kids’ Book Covers of Karl Beckstrand (Cobbled in a Clumsy Chronicle—read each title in order:)A Narrative of Karl Beckstrand’s Multicultural Kids’ Book CoversA Chronicle of Karl’s Beckstrand’s Multicultural Kids’ Book Covers (read as a narrative)Thank you for coming with us on this eclectic ride. We can’t wait for you see this year’s new titles (some wordless, some nostalgic, some goofy) and concept book compilations. Some of our compilations don’t have ratings/STARS yet on Amazon, your click can help our ethnic books be more visible!
As always, we continue to highlight learning concepts, ethnicity and cultures, and the Spanish language for kids/students of any age.
Be sure and name your favorite book in the comments—and your vote for catalog subtitle!
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October 12, 2023
How our gardening book got boosted by the USDA, Library of Congress, Georgia & Oregon
We are pleased that Brazilian educational giant, Árvore now offers our multicultural/multilingual content in schools in South America! See who else distributes our books and lesson plans (below).
Look who’s building educational content around our bestseller, GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden (free here):
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom FoundationVirginia Tech (via the USDA)The Library of CongressThe Georgia Farm BureauSee more resources here. Other top-selling books this year:
4 Spanish-English Books for Kids
Gopher Golf: A Wordless Picture Book
Anna’s Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl
Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story
The Dancing Flamingos of Lake Chimichanga
**There’s still time to get our 225 multicultural book products at pre-inflation prices: Order by Oct. 25—before our prices go up. KidsWorldBooks prices always beat Amazon’s—plus every book purchase gets you a free ebook or lesson plan.**
Be sure to see our award-winning western, To Swallow the Earth, short stories, and self-help—audio and ebook too. Is your child not a reader? Try our wordless and beginning reader books!
DID YOU KNOW?
Our audio books are half price through the end of the year!
Don’t miss our kids’ book bundles: Sports books, career books, Spanish books, STEM books, true immigrant stories/biographies (October is Family History Month), holiday books, food books, fables, mysteries, true pet stories, and wordless books—with nods from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal.
See our latest multicultural children’s book trailers here. Or on Youtube.
Catch my latest author interview here.
Join us on Goodreads or other social media, follow Karl Beckstrand on Amazon—and share these holiday gift ideas with educators, librarians, booksellers, family, and friends.
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