Agnes's Rescue
The True Story of an Immigrant Girl
Published on 25. April 2021
Book
Hardback
34 pages
978-1-951599-11-9 (ISBN)
Description
Embark on a true adventure through the eyes of a child who sailed, rode, and walked it (portrayed in the motion picture, 17 Miracles). Nine-year-old Agnes hopes for a better life in the USA--but will she survive the journey to her new home?
Leaving her brother in Scotland (her father already lost at sea), brave Agnes sails with her Scottish-Irish mother and siblings to New York in 1856. They travel by train to the edge of the Western Frontier in Iowa then walk west 1,200 miles with little food. Somewhere near the Continental Divide, Agnes's shoes wear out. In blizzard conditions, she must now cross the Rocky Mountains--barefoot.
#1 in the Young American Immigrants (nonfiction picture book) series. Get the ebook free.
Don't miss this moving account of courage, faith, and gratitude for children 6 - 11 years (1st - 6th grades); 1,500 read-aloud words from Agnes Caldwell Southworth's autobiography set in an important era of American history; retold by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (discover his 60 multicultural books today) and Veara Southworth Fife.
Explore 4 Stories of Immigrant Kids bound in one volume--you'll be happy you did!
Anna's Prayer: The True Story of an immigrant Girl
Ida's Witness (Sweden)
Samuel Sailing: The True Story of an immigrant Boy (South Africa)
Each has online SECRETS and classroom lesson plans (make a family tree): KidsWorldBooks.
LOOK inside! 32 full-color, hand-made illustrations by Beckstrand and Sean Sullivan; inspiring 8.5"x8.5" book about resilient kids, 4th of July, and Pioneer Day (LDS); Premio Publishing (worldwide rights (c) April 2021), libraries, and major horse book distributors. School/homeschool. None of our multiracial kids' books discuss CRT, gender, or orientation. LCCN: 2021931888; JNF053240, JNF007120, JNF053030, JNF002000, JNF058000, JNF007020, JNF026000, JNF051180, JNF057020; YXG, YNMF, YNMD; (eISBN: 978-1005577032), hard ISBN: 978-1951599119, soft ISBN: 978-1975888831
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Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 11 years
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-951599-11-9 (9781951599119)
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Persons
Media professor Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 25 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 ebook titles. His survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his multicultural kids' books have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has lived abroad and 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). Beckstrand has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APUS, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. He teaches media at a state college and, since 2004, 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, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, wordless, 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, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, and https://PremioBooks.com