The Bridge of the Golden Wood

by Karl Beckstrand

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Pub Date Aug 01 2017 | Archive Date Jun 30 2017

Premio Publishing & Gozo Books

Children's Fiction

Description

“Masterful … An immensely appealing book because of its readable style … and its realistic but soft Asian-style illustrations.” – Crystie Cook, poet.

A child with a knack for solving problems helps some hungry fish and finds a treasure. Illustrated folk tale teaches how to spot opportunities to help others and make money; comes with ideas for businesses; money-making activities; and online resources on finding customers, managing money, job ideas, and moving up in an organization (for kids ages 4 and up). Young children will be captivated by the story; older ones will want to apply the things they learn about business. Teach someone to fish. This how-to book on work bridges the gap between what kids learn in school about jobs, careers, small business, finance, economics, and what they should know (how to serve others).

Other Book Information:
530 words in dyslexic-friendly font by award-winning kid’s author Karl Beckstrand (Mini-mysteries for Minors [multicultural/bilingual series]), illustrations by Yaniv Cahoua and Karl Beckstrand; Chinese boy, red panda, 26-page, 8.5"x 8.5" perfect bound soft cover (hard via Ingram) business picture book on money and saving (also an ebook), Premio Publishing & Gozo Books Sept. 2017 (see online career/money resources, worldwide rights © July 2017) PremioBooks.com, Amazon/Kindle, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble/Nook, Brodart, EBSCO, Flipkart, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Inktera, Kobo, Mackin, OverDrive, Oyster, SCRIBD, txtr, and select retailers. LCCN: 2016949820, JUV009090, JUV006000, JUV012060, JUV039220, JUV030020, JUV063000, BUS025000, BUS012010, BUS060000, BUS019000, BUS075000, BUS048000, BUS029000, eISBN: 978-1370287222, paper ISBN: 978-1536889864, hard cover ISBN: 978-0985398811

The Bridge of the Golden Wood is available for purchase in both print and ebook formats.

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EDITION	Hardcover
ISBN	9780985398811
PRICE	$22.95 (USD)

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Teresa T, Reviewer

The Bridge of the Golden Wood is a lovely retelling of a folk tale about earning a living. The illustrations are beautiful and the simple story of a boy taking the advice of an old woman and clearing a log to enable fish to eat demonstrates how helping others can result in a treasure. I love the simplicity of this story. I gave this four stars because of the visibility of the words on the page.

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Karisa S, Reviewer

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Rating:
★★★★★ = I loved this book and would reread it to my children in the future.

Genre:
Childrens books

Plot:
A young boy learns a valuable lesson from an old woman he meets during his adventures

Pros:
1.) Well illustrated
2.) A good read for kids of all ages
3.) The length of the book is good for children with short attention spans.
4.) Children can learn from this book, not just look at pictures.

Cons:
1.) It is short. This is a good thing for fidgety children, not so much a good thing for older ones.

Quotes:
"Trouble and Treasure"

My thoughts:
I read this book to my children ages 3, 5, and 9. The three-year-old particularly loved the photos and proceeded to ask a million different questions about them which I loved. Any book that gets the conversation going is a good book in my eyes! My nine-year-old enjoyed the book as well. He did end up reading the book on his own later that day which was surprising to me because he doesn't tend to read much on his own. Personally, I like that the book kept my kids interested. The bit at the very end with ideas for kids on how to be frugal was awesome too. All in all a great read. I would love to read more books by this author to my children. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book.