Why Juan Can't Sleep: A Mystery?

Karl Beckstrand
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Genres: Children's, Picture Books, Mystery. Format: Paperback. Views: This Week 299, Total 336.
"Crosses cultural boundaries.… Lovely exploration...fabulously rich and evocative of the artistry of Shel Silverstein” – M. Condon, Unite for Literacy. Crazy day—of work and play—worn-out Juan “Must sleep!” Tonight he’ll dream of dragons…or will he?

Original...intriguing...entertaining...reader-friendly” – Midwest Book Review. Kids love the search activity and clever illustrations by Spanish artist Luis F. Sanz (Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy Story) that aid comprehension and help build vocabulary (especially adjectives) for kids ages 4 – 7, preschool – second grade.

Get this bedtime thriller and Utah Book Award finalist today. Young and old will identify with this funny, spooky quest for rest. 290 words for reluctant readers (some tongue twisters) by best-selling author and media professor Karl Beckstrand (Arriba up, Abajo down at the Boardwalk—see 60+ multicultural books—click Karl Beckstrand above). Look inside!

Number 4 in the Mini-mysteries for Minors (multicultural/multilingual) series; stand-alone—previous title not needed. Others in series: Sounds in the House: A Mystery, Crumbs on the Stairs – Migas en las escaleras, She Doesn’t Want the Worms; It Came from under the High Chair.

The perfect length picture book for kids (not too long for adults): 32 full-color pages. 8"x10" perfect-bound soft/hard cover children’s book/ebook for wide awake kids; Hispanic child/Latino boy; Spanglish verse. Premio Publishing & Gozo Books (worldwide rights © Aug. 2012) PremioBooks, Baker & Taylor, B&N, Brodart, Follett, Gardner’s, Herzberg/Perma-bound, Ingram, Biblio/EBSCO/ibooks/Kindle/Kobo/Mackin/Smash/SCRIBD, libraries, Target and Walmart online. LCCN: 2012914948, GAM020000, JUV011030, JUV010000, JUV028000, JUV019000, JUV054000, hard ISBN: 978-1951599041, soft ISBN: 978-0615692296 (eISBN: 9781301287598)
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