Bad Bananas Make Sweet Recipes and Interactive Books

Author Makes Smoothies, Helps Families Beat Boredom with Hands-on Fun

2011-04-15

MIDVALE, UT, April 15, 2011 (Press-News.org) What do bananas and bugs have in common? Each is a remedy for families with bored children. Two new interactive titles by author Karl Beckstrand provide relief from "I'm bored" disease.

Midvale author, Karl Beckstrand will demonstrate and share his banana smoothies from Bad Bananas - A Story Cookbook for Kids on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Sunflower Market 6284 S. State St., Murray, UT. He will also be signing books.

"Bad Bananas dramatizes the short (shelf) life of a renegade bunch," says Beckstrand, "and presents tasty recipes kids and parents can use, even when a banana starts to go 'bad.'"

Illustrator Jeff Faerber's characters (with sticker tattoos, pierced peels, and wild hair stems) take the fruit bowl for late night spins or start turf wars with rival bunches. But kids find that "Even a bad banana can turn out good."

Beckstrand's other new title, She Doesn't Want the Worms - Ella no quiere a los gusanos is not a typical book. It is a bilingual picture book about a girl who responds to unusual gifts--that happen to be alive. It comes with a pronunciation guide and full text in both English and Spanish (available in Spanish-only as well).

With creepy crawlies--made of findable foods by illustrator David Hollenbach--children and adults may re-read—trying the critter names in another language. Beckstrand's first bilingual book Crumbs on the Stairs - Migas en las escaleras has been purchased by schools and libraries across the country.

Beckstrand has 11 titles on Amazon.com and Kindle. Ask for his books at your favorite bookstore, or at Premiobooks.com.

Published by Premio Publishing & Gozo Books, LLC, June 2011, Midvale, UT, USA, Written by Karl Beckstrand, Illustrated by Jeff Faerber (Bananas), Illustrated by David Hollenbach (Worms), full-color activity picture books, 24-pages, 8"x10", ages 2 & up, ISBN: (Bananas) 978-0-9776065-1-1, (Worms) 978-0-9776065-2-8. Available via Premiobooks.com, Follett Library Services, Amazon.com, Kindle, Title Wave, NOOK, Bn.com (some titles via Ingram and Baker & Taylor). For information, images, or review copies, contact Premio Publishing: 801-953-3793, info@premiobooks.com. AUTHOR AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW Se habla español.

ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:

Shopbellabag.com Sells Authentic Designer Handbags To The Fashionable On A Budget

2011-04-15

Shopbellabag.com believes that fashionable people on a budget should not sacrifice style or quality for affordability. At online store Bella Bag, any consumer looking for an authentic, pre-owned Louis Vuitton or other designer handbag is assured quality, authenticity - and affordability. Shoppers at shopbellabag.com need not worry or hesitate about shopping for authentic Louis Vuitton handbags over the Internet ever again because our veteran buyer team uses its years of experience dealing with quality, luxury goods to ensure authenticity. Shopbellabag.com's in-house ...

User Insight Invests $500,000 in Yearlong Research Project to Study How Social Media Affects Consumer TV Consumption

2011-04-15

User Insight - an international research firm that gathers and analyzes the voice of the customer to provide insight into user behavior, create intuitive products and inform marketing strategy (www.UserInsight.com) - is investing $500,000 of its own resources to conduct The Social TV Experiment. This yearlong research project focuses on consumer behavior to identify: -The user types most likely to be avid participants in Social TV -How user types will most likely use a Social TV tool -What features/functionality would appeal to each user type -What apps, interfaces ...

Lee Enterprises Forms Strategic Alliance with Alternative Fuels Recruiting Group

2011-04-15

Biodiesel consulting group, Lee Enterprises of Little Rock, Ark., is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance with nationally known recruiting group, Executive Recruiting Group of Ft. Myers, Florida. The recruiting group has assigned George "Mason" Carpenter to work directly with Lee Enterprises in finding experienced professional employees for biodiesel plants. Carpenter is a Senior Executive Recruiter specializing in the recruiting and placing of candidates in the Alternative Energy sector. He is a Certified Personnel Consultant and has placed engineers, ...

Bret Spaude Barber 200 Race Recap

2011-04-15

One of the Young Guns in the 2011 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series, Bret Spaude is quickly opening eyes with his on track performance, and this past weekend for the Barber 200, was on a mission to put his Subaru Road Racing Team in contention to win. Spaude would qualify his Subaru WRX STI in eighth position for Saturday's race, but would start from sixth after a few cars were forced to the rear of the field for qualifying infractions. Bret was quickly up to speed at the drop of the green flag, picking his overtaking spots carefully, making sure ...

Summit Corporate Services and Cluffy BioMedical Finalize Multi-Year Outsourcing Agreement

2011-04-15

Summit Corporate Services, a leading provider of customizable outsourcing solutions to the life-science industry, and Cluffy Biomedical, maker of the Cluffy Wedge have finalized an agreement for Summit to provide customer service, order processing & fulfillment, product support, inventory management, distribution, invoicing, collections and logistical support. Additional information is available online at http://www.summitcorporate.com.Summit Corporate Services, Inc. is a leading provider of customized business and outsourcing solutions for the medical device and pharmaceutical ...

Dynamic Systems Announces Professional Services Expansion

2011-04-15

About Dynamic Systems (DSI) In business since 1981, DSI provides bar code systems that track equipment, inventory, documents, time sheets, capital assets and equipment due for maintenance or service. DSI has been providing software installation and training for CheckMate and SIMBA for years, and can now offer more assistance to customers from a business process point of view. Professional Services The expansion of DSI's Professional Services brings additional capabilities, which include Best Practices Consulting for inventory and tool tracking applications. "It ...

City of Miami Gardens & PlayDate Miami Presents Give & Play for Relay for Life

2011-04-15

In an effort to creatively engage the citizens of Miami Gardens and the South Florida community at large to take part in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event, the City of Miami Gardens has teamed up with PlayDate Miami (subsidiary of Timeless Entertainment Concepts) to host Give & Play for Relay for Life. The event will be held on Friday, April 22nd from 7PM -12AM at the City's all new Betty T. Ferguson Center located at 3000 NW 199th St, Miami Gardens. Contribution is $10, and proceeds from the Give & Play event will go towards the City's $15,000 Relay for ...

Seventh Annual Bike for Hope Set for May 14

2011-04-15

For the past six years, the Annual George Thanhauser Bike for Hope has been growing in number of participants and funds raised. This year, organizers are expecting the biggest turnout yet for this annual fundraiser benefiting the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness. The Seventh Annual Bike for Hope will be held Sat., May 14 at Trek Bicycles of Raleigh at 10911 Raven Ridge Road. Three rides will be offered - 50-mile, 32-mile and 15-mile - along with Big Wheel races for kids and adults, other family activities, and a prize raffle. The registration ...

Product Addiction, Inc. Introduces, Slip Resistor And The Liquid Bathmat, The Number 1 Safety Flooring, Bathtub And Shower Safety Product in The World

2011-04-15

Our product Slip Resistor is a unique patented chemical formula designed to react with silica in any mineral surface such as concrete, ceramic tile, terrazzo, marble, porcelain, slate, quarry tile, river rock, polished stone, or glazed brick. The result of the chemical reaction with the surface is a creation of a micro-fine tread design that provides a positive slip resistant surface. It can be safely applied and even reapplied several times over the years without harming the structural composition of the material on which it is applied. Many other slip-proofing solutions ...

Dr. Michael Yessis Introduces Technique Breakthrough To Teach Any Baseball Pitcher How To Pitch 100 MPH

2011-04-15

Dr. Michael Yessis, the preeminent biomechanist in the United States, is releasing a video that discusses the technique needed to pitch 100 mph, and how to acquire that specialized technique. In the video available on Youtube, in which he analyzes two time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum frame-by-frame, Dr. Yessis explains that pitching 100 mph is not out of the ordinary, nor out of the reach for anyone pitching today. He points out that most pitchers do not pitch 100 mph because they do not know how to pitch 100 mph, i.e. they lack the technique, (often called pitching ...

Bad Bananas Make Sweet Recipes and Interactive Books

ELSE PRESS RELEASES FROM THIS DATE:

LAST 30 PRESS RELEASES: