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

Discover the 1880's tale of Anna Anderson, a child living in Sweden with her mother and her sister, Ida. Though happy, the family is poor. Unable to afford passage herself, Anna's mother puts the girls on a boat to the United States, hoping they will have a better life without her.

Because Ida has work in Idaho, the sisters separate and young Anna continues by train to meet an aunt in another state. Little Anna arrives alone in a near-empty train station late at night--but her aunt is not there--she never got the letter telling of Anna's arrival.

Unable to ask for help in English, Anna prays that God will send someone to help her--someone who speaks Swedish. The answer to Anna's prayer goes beyond what she would have imagined.

"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

This children's biography touches on a universal desire--the yearning for family and a place to call home. Part of 4 Stories of Immigrants Kids, get all four inspirational kids' books in a bundle or bound in one (for ages 5 and up, kindergarten - fifth grade):

Agnes's Rescue: The True Story of an immigrant Girl (Scotland)

Ida's Witness (Sweden)

Samuel Sailing: The True Story of an Immigrant Boy (South Africa)

Each has online SECRETS, free ebooks, and family history/geography lesson plans (make a family tree): KidsWorldBooks.

Don't miss this moving nonfiction book on courageous resilient kids, Christmas, and faith. Stories of real refugee women transport readers and transcend culture and time. 1,000 read-aloud words (nondenominational) by award-winning author and college media instructor Karl Beckstrand (explore his 60 multicultural books today), illustrated by Shari Griffiths.

LOOK inside! 30 full-color pages, 8.5"x8.5"; Premio Publishing (worldwide rights (c) 2016), libraries, and major distributors. School/homeschool; JNF007120, JNF053070, JNF053200, JNF070000, JNF057050, JNF019060, JNF049240, JNF002000, JNF057020, JNF058000; QRA, YFK, 5HPD; LCCN: 2013913404; Hard ISBN: 978-0985398866, soft ISBN: 978-0615856179 (eISBN: 978-1370706174)

Author: Karl Beckstrand
Publisher: Premio Publishing & Gozo Books
Published: 04/01/2017
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780985398866

About the Author
Beckstrand, Karl: - College media instructor Karl Beckstrand is the best-selling and award-winning author/illustrator of 30 multicultural/multilingual titles and more than 60 ebooks. He's lived abroad and interned for a Massachusetts publisher and for Congress in D.C. He earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations and conflict resolution, and a broadcast/film certificate. He's been a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit), and a rock band front man. He's won multiple publishing awards, including a 2016 International Book award for his Y.A. western survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, and his works have been lauded by Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has 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). Since 2004, he 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, self-help, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, 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, Kobo, Papercrafts Magazine, Everand, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart, and PremioPublishing.com