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The River Raft: Teach Your Children Friendship (Riverboat Series Chapter Books Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Ingo Blum (Author), Tanya Maneki (Illustrator), planetOh concepts (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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Three animal friends. One baby cow in trouble. Can the power of teamwork save the day?

Titus the badger, Finn the falcon, and Shylow the fox are as different as three friends can be. But they all share the same love of sailing. When they spot a lost calf on the distant shore, the three friends paddle over to help find her family.

With no room left on their boat, the friends plan to build a raft big enough for their new traveling companion. But the baby cow won’t step hoof onto the deck until her new ride gets a glamorous makeover. And soon, her design requests leave the friends’ rescue plan spinning out of control. As their quest drifts into dangerous waters, the friends must work together to bring the calf home safe before they are all swept overboard.

The River Raft is a beautifully illustrated children’s chapter book. If you and your children like courageous animals, light-hearted jokes, and imaginative adventures, then you’ll both love this charming story. The story celebrates the special bond that gets formed between completely different animals. It combines the rhythm of Kenneth Grahame’s “Wind in the Willows”, the heart of A.A. Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh” and the playfulness of Mo Williams. Perfect for all children ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and up, and Pre-K -5th grade.

Buy The River Raft to set sail for a fun-filled tale of friendship today!
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    6 - 12 years
  2. Book 1 of 5
    Riverboat Series Chapter Books
  3. Print length
    70 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    1 - 6
  6. Publication date
    January 6, 2019
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Bedtime Story Jewels

The bedtime stories you tell your children are an important part of their education. The daily practice both teaches and develops the emotional relationship between you and your child. My books offer a child-friendly, linguistically stimulating design and varied illustrations.

Riverboat 1

Funny Encounters

Riverboat 1

Cute Illustrations

All the illustrations are original, creative, and super fun.

Funny Encounters

If you and your children like courageous animals, light-hearted jokes, and imaginative adventures, then you’ll love this charming story.

Engaging Content

The story is simple and suitable for an early age. It is also a good starting point for parents to teach their children about friendship and helping each other.

Ingo Blum

The Spark That Changes The World.

My bedtime story program shows children a broader view of the world. Cross-cultural themes such as friendship, tolerance, gathering courage, overcoming fears, etc. are deliberately chosen to ensure that the stories are both linguistically and culturally understandable and exciting.

The bedtime stories you tell your children are an essential part of their education. The daily practice both teaches and develops the emotional relationship between you and your child. Give your children the freedom to let their imaginations run wild. Your child's dream could ignite the spark that changes the world.

More Books in the Series

The three friends Finn, Titus, and Shylow, are always looking for new adventures. Join them as they travel through the woods, along the edge of the river, and meet all the wonderful creatures they encounter on their journeys.

Riverboat 2 Riverboat 3 Riverboat 4 Riverboat 5
The Clumsy Groundhog A Very Special Ant Ghosts of the Forest The Winter Comes!
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What's Inside? The three friends Titus, Finn, and Shylow help a clumsy groundhog reach his dancing competition - adventures included! Titus, Shylow, and Finn meet Wendy, the ant. She feels bored. What can be changed in her life? Will the three friends be able to outsmart the "ghosts" of a dark forest? The winter comes, and food must be collected. But there are some dangers at the river that need to be avoided.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07MFLY6NQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ planetOh concepts educational publishing; 1st edition (January 6, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4573 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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  1. Ingo Blum

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    Ingo Blum is an author, graphic designer, and comedian. He has always enjoyed projects where he could create artwork for kids. Eventually, he became a writer and graphic designer and started writing children's stories to accompany these projects for fun. With some encouragement from his friends and family (and a lot of kids!), he decided to share his stories with the world. Ingo works with illustrators from all over the world with whom he constantly develops new concepts and stories.

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    Our kids are growing up in an increasingly bilingual society. With our publishing catalog, we are primarily interested in offering new experiences and making suggestions for new perspectives of the world – including language learning.

    PlanetOh concepts Educational Publishing was founded in 2018 to support bilingually educated children in their language development through narrative children's picture books and activity books.

    The books offer a child-friendly, linguistically stimulating design and varied illustrations. Cross-cultural themes such as friendship, tolerance, gathering courage, overcoming fears, etc., are deliberately chosen to ensure that the stories are linguistically and culturally understandable and engaging in all targeted language areas.

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Tony Parsons
5.0 out of 5 stars children's
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019
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Titus (badger), Finn (falcon), & Shylow (fox) loved to row their wooden boat on the river.
The picnic basket was always full of nutritious food.
Titus when he was young fell into a can of green paint & mom could not get it all out of his fur.
He learned to put up with the teasing.
Titus did most of the paddling.
Finn flew overhead most of the time to be the navigator & check out the rough spots in the river.
Emma (baby calf) hollered at the 3 of them. She had been left behind by the herd.

Mr. Jonny Beaver was asked to build a better raft that would fit Emma.
Jonny explained to the 3 of them the materials he needed.
Shylow dug around in the toolbox & found the wire to piece the log raft together.
Emma & Titus climbed aboard. Jonny gave them a shove.
In the end Jonny would steer the raft, Shylow & Titus would take turns rowing, & Finn was soared overhead.
Next a shelter had to be built to keep the rain off of them.

Will they get Emma to her destination?

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

A very awesome book cover, great colored pictures & proper font & writing style. A very well written children’s animal adventure story book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment.
There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great children’s animal adventure movie, an animated cartoon, or better yet a mini TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free author; planet!oh concepts publications; 1 edition; eBookDaily; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Three Friends In A ⛵ On An Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019
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This is a great chapter book for kids. The chapters are short enough not loose their interest. The story is interesting so they would want to come back again and again. The words are ones they can already know or figure out with a little help.
Three friends, Finn the Falcon, Shylow the Fox and Titus the Badger, we're looking for an adventure. Three friends, Finn the Falcon, Shylow the Fox and Titus the Badger, we're looking for an adventure. They decided to go for a ride on the river. They heard someone crying for help. It was Emma the calf. She was scared because when she woke from her nap, her family was gone. They had been taken down the river by the farmer. Emma was asleep and got left behind. The friends put their thoughts together and came up with a solitopm. .What could it be? You will get to read the book and see. A chapter book just for your child to enjoy. Amazing.
I found this book for free for an honest review.
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Ms. Hancock
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2019
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Books like this are so informational for children and hold such a wealth of knowledge. I really enjoy reading books, like this one and many others to my children, for if you start them young then they will grow to have a love for reading and adventure!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good story for little kids but hardly any female characters
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2020
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My two girls loved this series. However I made some of the characters female when I read the story and I feel like it improved the story a lot. Little girls love animals and deserve to represented in the story as well.
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Lindsey
1.0 out of 5 stars Too much telling
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2019
There really wasn't much of a story, because it was mostly just telling what happened, not actually having it happen.
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Hair Ball
3.0 out of 5 stars I do not know?
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2019
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Papa read this book to me each night as I was going to bed😁 but I was so tired I didn't get the chance for my thoughts to follow to the end but we did make it to the end and and I'm still awake good book!!! Boo Happy Thanksgiving👑
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Angie Hardy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019
Very cute children book. The graphics are nice. The story is great. I have most all the book the author has written. My grand children love them. I was given a free copy for an honest review.
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Trina High
5.0 out of 5 stars Rollin' Down the Riverrrrrr!
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2019
I read the other - non-chapter - version of this book, and I like this one a lot more; it's more elaborate and therefore the tale feels fuller. I think children in the recommended age group will love it.

~ I am leaving this honest review in exchange for a free ARC copy digital copy, provided by Hidden Gems ~
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