4 Hidden Picture Books for Kids: Food, Bugs & Finding Fun

By Karl Beckstrand, Jeremy Higginbotham, Alycia Mark

Animals, snacks, laughter, and a monster in disguise-four popular search-and-find picture books in one volume, each built around a clever observation challenge:

It Came from Under the High Chair: A Mystery
She Doesn't Want the Worms / Ella no quiere los gusanos (with Spanish pronunciation guide)
Ma MacDonald Flees the Farm
Butterfly Blink: A Book Without Words

Something suspicious has emerged from under the high chair. A certain someone responds to living gifts. Ma MacDonald's catering business is hectic. Butterflies grow and multiply. Mixed-race characters interact in different habitats.

Each story hides animals, insects, and foods for young readers to spy out and count-turning every page into a game while quietly building observation skills, vocabulary, prepositions, and literacy.

Together, they span mystery, bilingual (Spanish-English), and wordless books that engage young readers 3 - 8 (Pre-K-3rd grade) across multiple sittings, skill levels, and learning styles.

"Works effortlessly on every level...museum-quality artwork...raises the bar for all children's picture books." - ForeWord Reviews (She Doesn't Want the Worms)

For school, home, and ESL/language programs; 122 full-color 8"x 10" pages plus online bonus material, free ebooks, and low-preparation teacher's guides differentiated for mixed-level classrooms: KidsWorldBooks (worldwide rights (c) May 2024), libraries, and major distributors.

Look inside today 1,500 easy-to-read words by bestselling author-illustrator and former media professor Karl Beckstrand (discover his 50+ cross-cultural books), with additional art by Jeremy Higginbotham, Alycia Mark, and David Hollenbach.

Human-created stories that celebrate cultures, curiosity, and family learning

WARNING: May cause giggles
JUV020000, JUV029010, JUV011020, JUV033050, JUV033160, JUV054000, JUV052000, JUV032040, JUV009080, JUV033190; ISBN: 978-1951599133 (eISBN: 979-8224197590)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951599136
• ISBN13: 9781951599133
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"