Washington for Kids: a textbook disguised as a children’s book

As an internationally-known author and humorous illustrator, Bron Smith is a proponent of pursuing multiple streams of income within a chosen field. Over the years he has developed several income sources, all within his creative field.

As a child, his big dream was to have his own syndicated comic strip. After many years of failed attempts, his dream finally came true. He beat the long odds and became one of a select few to break into the highly competitive field of newspaper syndication. He has been writing and drawing his syndicated comic panel, Health Capsules, for nine years. Health Capsules appears in newspapers around the world, including cities across India in The Times of India.

He has been creating children’s books and humor books throughout his career. His popular humor book, Where’s Dan Quayle? was a national best-seller, selling 250,000 copies. His Great Thistledown Flood children’s book was a Gold Medallion Honor Book. You can see  pages from Where’s Dan QuayleThe Great Thistledown Flood, plus many other children’s book and greeting card projects at http://bronsmith.com/portfolio.htm

Bron just posted the 123rd episode of The Trowbridge Chronicles, his popular hand-scribed story blog. He has been spinning tales from the rain forest on Trowbridge Chronicles for four years.

His newest book is called Washington for Kids. Presented in alphabetical order, Washington for Kids highlights the history, geography, and famous people from Washington State. Bron visits schools throughout the state, wearing his safari costume and presenting his fast-draw assemblies using his giant easel. Bron’s Washington for Kids book has been very well-received in Washington State schools.

Bron is also the owner and Chief Cartoon Cartographer at funmapsusa.net, a cartoon map company.

You can follow Bron on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bron_smith. You can reach Bron Smith at bronsmith@gmail.com.

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Everything I Need to Know Before I’m Five by Valorie Fisher

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Quite a few concept books combined into one; which includes: numbers, opposites, shapes, colors, seasons, weather, along with the alphabet. What brings this title above other people like it are the bright bold colors and charming layout. The photos consist of vintage looking toys and dolls. This book can be a good resource to prepare kids for kindergarten.

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Vordak The Incomprehensible, How To Grow Up & Rule The World

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Have you at any time felt superior to every person around you. Do you desire to rule the globe? Are you currently evil at heart. Then what are you waiting for? Study this guide. You will learn to build evil devices, rule the planet, and grow to be a lot more evil from the day. Just watch out for that Captain Virture, apparently honesty just isn’t one of his virtues.

A humorous, well-written book for readers who like villains and superheroes. The narrator is memorable and amusing. The illustrations are amusing and well-done. Readers who like superheroes and journey will get pleasure from reading this guide. EL (4-6). Advisable.

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John Rocco’s Blackout (Picture Book)

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Just about every once in a while, a hot, sticky summer night within the city can mean BLACKOUT! A little girl and her family find approaches to cope and approaches to enjoy the lack of electricity. Rocco’s illustrations are gorgeous! Even though he story is often a very simple check out a city-wide blackout, it can be enough for smaller children to not be afraid when the lights go out. I believe it would be good for story time and discussion. Advisable for Pre-K and Elementary having a price tag of $19.

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Clackers: DUCKS by Luana Rinaldo

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This book tells a short story about Duck dives with Fish, plays with Frog, swims with Turtle, has lunch with Goose, and splashes together with the other ducks. The book is fast and has vivid illustrations, producing it ideal for a young audience. The book’s finest feature, nevertheless, is the hole attached for the book’s binding. The hole enables young infants as well as toddlers to hold onto the book and flap the pages of the book (hence the name “Clackers”). Young readers would appreciate these books.

PreK – ADVISABLE
Picture Board Book
Cost Tag: $5.99

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Loretta Krupinski’s Show Dog’s Journey

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One frosty, cold morning, two youngsters create a dog out of snow. They give him two shiny pebbles for his eyes and one for his nose. They also wrap a scarf around his neck. Each and every evening, the two watch him from the window just before they visit sleep. Till 1 evening the Frost King breathes magic into the snow dog and brings him to life. The snow dog runs, plays, and goes on adventures with all the king, but never forgets the kids who created him. Will he stay using the Frost King or return to his children?

A fun fairy tale to read aloud. The text is well-wrotten. The illustrations are stunning and add a lot for the story. Young children who like dogs, fairy tales, and magic will appreciate possessing this book study to them.

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Sue Stauffacher’s Gator On The Loose!

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When a gator gets misplaced in the local community swimming pool, the Carters’ Urban Rescue Squad is about the case. When her forgetful grandmother leaves the door open a crack, the alligator escape his new home. With the opening day of a swimming pool at stake and still no residence for your gator, the Carters could have met their match. Will the Carters be able to rescue the gator and locate it a house?

A short, enjoyable tale for animal lovers everywhere. The characters are memorable, the plot is fast-moving, along with the illustrations complement the text well. Visitors who like animals, rescue stories, and realistic fiction will get pleasure from reading through this book.

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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The subjective appeal of Mockingjay by suzanne collins continues to be in Collins’s gripping plot-line, her hard-hitting creating design, her masterful character advancement, and her inventive vision of a futuristic North The united states. Once more, as for the other publications within the trilogy, the developmental value of Mockingjaymockingjay by suzanne collins lies in the cultural reflection that the book precipitates, the interesting ethical troubles it raises-particularly connected to war-and the empowering female character it portrays. Delicate viewers should be warned the book, like its predecessors, is very violent.

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The Storm Before Atlanta by Karen Schwabach

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The Storm Before Atlanta is historically based, and Schwabach’s historical notes and sources make clear that she’s carried out a substantial quantity of research. The portrayal of war is significant and realistic, while, in keeping with all the intended audience, not overly graphic. Schwabach does not shy away from portraying death and cruelty as elements of war, but the violence she portrays is instructive, also as significant with regards to the plot. In portraying the lives and perspectives of youngsters in warfare, Schwabach manages a commentary on the effects of war that is both subtle and profound. This story has the potential to promote an awareness of and interest in history by means of a portrayal of characters who, regardless of obvious differences in time and place, share a lot of from the same thoughts and feelings as contemporary readers.

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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques by dan yaccarino is really a delightful image book biography with the revolutionary underwater explorer, filmmaker, and scientist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

The picture book begins with Cousteau’s boyhood, in which he overcame difficult wellness circumstances by swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. Yaccarino points to Cousteau’s fiercely determined and innovative spirit, even as a boy. The picture book also brings out the truth that Cousteau loved to tinker as a boy; Yaccarino describes 1 occasion on which Cousteau purchased a film camera with his own funds and then promptly took it apart to see how it worked.

The turning point in the picture book comes when a friend offers Cousteau a pair of goggles with which he could see underwater even though swimming. According to Yaccarino, “Those goggles changed his life forever.” The experience of viewing the underwater planet via goggles began Cousteau on a quest to explore that world as nobody had ever carried out before.

Cousteau and his friends developed gear that permitted them to stay underwater for long periods, and to photograph and film what they saw. They then started sharing their incredible discoveries using the rest with the globe, in pictures, films, and tv programs. The picture book also relates how Cousteau became an advocate and defender of the oceans when he discovered that his beloved Mediterranean Sea was being affected by pollution.

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