About this item
The DK Star Wars series provides a wonderful opportunity for parents and teacher to promote development of young childrens reading skills and motivation to read. We want young children to WANT to read! Star Wars has become a familiar part of our culture with children instantly recognizing the characters on book covers, T.V. and in the movies. Now they can add more Star Wars action to their collections. Join the amphibious warrior Ackbar and his fellow squidheaded militants in an underwater battle on his aquatic homeworld of Mon Calamari. Including complex sentence structure alongside information boxes all about the underwater battle, young readers are encouraged to focus on reading alone in Ackbars Underwater Army! 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd. TM All Rights Reserved.
About the Author
Simon Beecroft is a British author. He was born in London, where he currently lives. His best-known book is the New York Times bestselling book LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, which has sold more than 2,000,000 copies, and which in 2016 was held in more than 1,000 libraries. In all, he has written more than 30 other books, primarily for children. Selected works include Star Wars Character Encyclopedia (which has sold over 1,000,000 copies) , Star Wars: Luke Skywalker's Amazing Story, and Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side, published by Dorling Kindersley (DK) . Beecroft was publishing director of the company's licensing division.He has also written books on subjects as diverse as dinosaurs, monsters, extreme weather, future technology, Nelson Mandela, Power Rangers, and the Fantastic Four.
