{"id":4608,"date":"2011-09-26T01:02:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T06:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2011-09-26T01:02:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T06:02:44","slug":"nonfiction-monday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/26\/nonfiction-monday-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonfiction Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51rjo8pkwEL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1580891888\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1580891888\">Mule Train Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Craig Brown (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Anthony the Postman delivers the mail, but he doesn&#8217;t drive a mail truck. See how he does it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <em>Anthony the Postman doesn&#8217;t wear a uniform. He wears a cowboy hat, chaps and spurs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51YtiyfwyAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/193631343X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=193631343X\">Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration with 22 Projects<\/a> (Build It Yourself series)<\/p>\n<p>by Carla Mooney (Author)<\/p>\n<p>128 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Delve into the expeditions of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s, and more. Using common household items and minimal supervision, kids enjoy 22 hands-on activities to help them learn about these legendary explorers and their voyages during the Age of Exploration and Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <em>Most of the projects in this book can be made with little adult supervision, using materials you already have at home or can easily find at a craft store. So get ready to step back into time and discover the men who were the explorers of the New World and the kings and queens who sent them on their journeys.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nonfiction Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/images\/nonfiction.monday.jpg\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">This week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nonfictionmonday.wordpress.com\/hosts\/\">Nonfiction Monday Round-up<\/a> host is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeannewalkerharvey.blogspot.com\/\">True Tales &amp; A Cherry On Top<\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/6DtPT\">Publishing Innovation Awards<\/a> for ebooks, enhanced ebooks, and apps: deadline Nov 1. (via @loreenleedy)<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating piece from <a href=\"http:\/\/sgp.cm\/5f8ffe\">National Geographic<\/a> about teen brains. (via @tashrow)<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter --> My NEW picture book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=pb.road.work.ahead\">Road Work Ahead<\/a> is here!<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture Book of the Day Mule Train Mail by Craig Brown (Author, Illustrator) Booktalk: Anthony the Postman delivers the mail, but he doesn&#8217;t drive a mail truck. See how he does it&#8230; Snippet: Anthony the Postman doesn&#8217;t wear a uniform. He wears a cowboy hat, chaps and spurs. ________________________________________________________________________ Chapter Book of the Day Explorers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/26\/nonfiction-monday-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nonfiction Monday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-education","category-news","category-nonfiction-monday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}