Anna's Prayer: The True Story of an Immigrant Girl - Paperback

by Shari Griffiths (Illustrator), Karl Beckstrand (Author)

(Biography, nondenominational) "Tapping into the most powerful interest on the planet-the hunger to know who we are and where we come from.... Greatest story...for young and old." - Jeff Gallup, TV producer

Discover the 1880s tale of Anna Anderson, a girl living in Sweden with her mother and her sister, Ida. The happy family doesn't have much. When they embrace a new faith, the women are persecuted and Anna's mother has trouble finding work.

Unable to afford passage herself, the girls' mother puts them on a boat to the United States, hoping they will have a better life there. The sisters separate in America because Ida has work in one state and Anna's female sponsor lives in another. Little Anna arrives alone in an unfamiliar train station late at night-but her host is not there to meet her as arranged. Unable to speak English, the child prays that her Heavenly Father will send someone to help her-someone who speaks Swedish. The answer to Anna's prayer goes beyond what she would have imagined.

LOOK inside! #3 in the Young American Immigrants series (stand-alone nonfiction, previous title not needed). Get all four inspirational kids' books (for ages 5 and up, kindergarten - fifth grade) in a bundle: Agnes's Rescue (I), Ida's Witness (II), Samuel Sailing: The True Story of an Immigrant Boy (IV)-with online secrets, family history/geography lesson plan ideas, and video book trailer: PremioBooks. Stories of real immigrant children transport readers and transcend culture and time.

Don't miss this hybrid picture book on refugees, courage, Christmas, and faith. 1,000 read-aloud words by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (get all 60 of his multicultural books), illustrated by Shari Griffiths; 30 full-color pages, 8.5"x8.5" soft/hard/ebook; Premio Publishing (worldwide rights (c) 2017), libraries, schools, and all major Christian book distributors. JNF007120, JNF053240, JNF025200, JNF038060, JNF007080, JNF057050, JNF019060; QRA, YFK, 5HPD; LCCN: 2013913404; eISBN: 9781370706174, Hard ISBN: 978-0985398866, Soft ISBN: 978-0615856179

Author Biography

Karl Beckstrand is the bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator of 20 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 80 ebook titles (reviews by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, School Library Journal, The Horn Book's blog, ForeWord Reviews). Raised in San Jose, CA (he knows the secret to peeling avocados), he has a B.A. in journalism from BYU, an M.A. in international relations from APU, and a broadcast/film certificate from Film A. Academy. Since 2004 he has run Premio Publishing. His survival western, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award. An ESL and college media instructor, Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan's Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His nationally lauded Y.A. stories, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual/ESL, wordless, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters-and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared in: Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, iBooks, Ingram, Papercrafts Magazine, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart.com, FB, Twitter, http: //KarlBeckstrand.com, https: //GozoBooks.com