Books with author Kathleen W. Kranking

Dive into this lushly photographed book and discover all the things the ocean can be!"Salt and surf and sand and waves,The ocean’s these and more . . . "To the animals that live there, the ocean is much more than a huge blue body of water. For frisky sea lions, it is a fun-filled playground. For toothy sharks, it is a dentist’s office. And for hungry otters, it’s a cafeteria that serves their favorite food—shellfish. These playful verses and stunning photographs will take you on an exhilarating underwater tour. Jump in!

This winner of the President's Silver Award from Florida's Authors and Publishers Association, "Baby Animals of Florida" is a fun, fact filled children's picture book that has twelve baby animals living in Florida featured. Presented in a delightful way, each animal has interesting, fun facts about them and a beautiful color photo that captures the attention of children. “Baby Animals of Florida” is not only educational, it’s also fun so it creates an experience kids will want to repeat over and over again. As a Bonus - included at the end of the book is a Question and Answer sheet to keep your kids learning.

Colorful and Engaging Books on Favorite Thematic Topics for Guided Independent Reading Perfect for 2nd & 3rd Grade!Kids will clamor to read these colorful and fascinating Super-Science Readers that build nonfiction reading skills--and are perfect for guided and independent reading! Sixteen-page books feature fabulous, eye-popping photos, colorful, detailed illustrations, and informative text on favorite science topics. Each set comes packaged in a reusable storage bag that includes 6 copies of the same Super-Science Reader, an 8-page teaching guide filled with rubrics, and reproducible reading/writing activities; plus science background and easy hands-on activities.

Award winning author, Kathleen King’s new and exciting interactive eBook – the “ABC Picture Spelling Book” is a fun way for kids to learn their spelling words, site words, and improve their reading skills. Because kids love interacting with the book (tap the screen and the answer pops up!), they have hours of fun and learn through repetition without even realizing it! Presented in an upbeat manner, each grade level displays alphabet letters asking questions and showing pictures for kids to spell. When kids tap the screen the correct spelling of the work appears. By making it fun, the interactive “ABC Picture Spelling Book” goes far beyond just teaching each child’s grade level site and spelling words. As a bonus, the “ABC Picture Spelling Book” contains a section on all the Dolce spelling words (words deemed not easy to sound out, but are necessary to know for proficient reading). The Dolce words are learned only through repetition and this eBook makes that fun. This must-have book satisfies the most curious of kids and makes a great way to encourage interest and knowledge about reading.Great for Homeschooling children.Interactive Pictures Best For Children's Early Learning. Learning Dolch words (words that are harder to learn because they don't sound like they are spelled), mastering site words, mastering spelling words, learning site words, learning grade level spelling words, learning First Grade spelling words and site words, Fun and easy way for kids to learn spelling and site words, Second Grade spelling and site words, Kindergarten spelling and site words. Learn ABC’s, Improve kids reading skills.

Kathleen King's first interactive eBook, "Baby Animals of Florida," is the recipient of the Silver Medal from FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association), for Children's Books, and is a fun, interactive fact-filled picture eBook which is perfect for young children of all ages. Kids can tap the screen on any of the baby animal illustrations and a Pop-Up will give kid-friendly facts on each animal. The close up photos of each baby animal are colorful and truly lifelike and capture the attention of all aged kids. Most important, the presentation is in a format that makes it fun and even memorable for the kids. Moms will love it for the way kids will interact and learn from it!

Heavily injured from her special mission to investigate the invasion of the city of Aechor by the Moah, Stephanie is back at the North Amber Academy. While it is true that Moah has indeed attacked the city of Aechor, it hasn’t declared a World War yet.Her special mission in Aechor brought Stephanie closer to James, the new student of the fire class. The more she gets to know him the more he becomes an enigma to her. There is something odd about the manner he transferred to North Amber Academy from the Eastern Quadrant on his final term as a combat student. What is even more intriguing to Stephanie is his obsession to the Magician’s Heart – an artifact which gives the ability to control the elements! Why did James want it so badly? Will Stephanie and her classmates be asked to defend their respective countries against the Moah?Other books in this seriesBook 1: The Academy, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWVP224/Book 2: The Moahs, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWVP03A/

Moah was heavily crushed in the last World War. Steeped embargoes where handed out on them and they were forbidden to manufacture weapons of war. Rumor has it that Moah has taken revenged and attacked the city of Aechor and will soon invade other countries as well.Stephanie together with her two classmates and an instructor were sent out on a mission to investigate what truly happened in the city of Aechor.Is Stephanie’s training as a combat student enough to protect her as they enter the enemy’s territory? Will she be able to use her special abilities as a water bender in this very sensitive mission?Other books in this seriesBook 1: The Academy, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWVP224/Book 3: The Magician’s Heart, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWU7ODU/

To the animals that live there, the ocean is much more than a huge blue body of water. For frisky sea lions, it is a fun-filled playground. For toothy sharks, it is a dentist's office. And for hungry otters, it's a cafeteria that serves their favorite food-shellfish. These playful verses and stunning photographs will take you on an exhilarating underwater tour. Jump in!

Each student at the North Amber Academy had an element they specialized in. Every student fit in one of four categories: water, fire, earth, and air. The abilities each received all depended on what each was born with. For Stephanie Asheron and her friends, that was a love for water. Final examinations are coming up for graduating students like Stephanie which will have her compete with her classmates and the top tier will go on to battle the other classes. But the exams are the last things in Stephanie’s mind, rumors have it that Moah has invaded the city of Aechor and soon will declare another World War. Are there truths to the claim of war? Will Stephanie’s abilities be put to test to defend her country even before she graduates from her academy?Other books in this seriesBook 2: The Moahs, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWVP03A/Book 3: The Magician’s Heart, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TWU7ODU/