{"id":4684,"date":"2011-08-31T01:06:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T06:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2011-08-31T01:06:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T06:06:42","slug":"great-books-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/31\/great-books-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A Storm Called Katrina<\/a><\/p>\n

by Myron Uhlberg (Author) and Colin Bootman (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> It is August 2005, and a hurricane named Katrina is bearing down on the Gulf Coast. See how Louis Daniel and his family cope with this natural disaster…<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nFinally the rain stopped, and everything got real quiet.
\nDaddy opened the door. “Water’s rising fast,” he said. “We’ve got to get out of here.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Popularity Papers: Book Two: The Long-Distance Dispatch Between Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang<\/a>
\nby Amy Ignatow (Author, Illustrator)
\n208 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> After spending all of fifth grade studying popularity together, Julie and Lydia are finally ready to put their hard-earned lessons to use in junior high. But before they can, tragedy strikes: Lydia’s mom gets a job in London for six whole months! (A graphic novel journal<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> Today is the first day without Lydia, and until the Goldblatts hook up their computer I have no idea what she’s doing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5 Great Books About Starting Preschool<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maisy Goes to Preschool<\/a>
\nby Lucy Cousins (Author, Illustrator)
\nMaisy has a busy day with her friends at preschool. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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My First Day at Nursery School<\/a>
\nby Becky Edwards (Author) and Anthony Flintoft (Illustrator)
\nAs the school day goes by, a girl misses her Mom less and less. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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Preschool Day Hooray!<\/a>
\nby Linda Leopold Strauss (Author) and Hiroe Nakata (Illustrator)
\nA rhyming look at the preschool day. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Night Before Preschool <\/a>
\nNatasha Wing (Author), Amy Wummer (Illustrator)
\nIt’s the night before preschool and Billy can’t fall asleep. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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What to Expect at Preschool<\/a>
\nby Heidi Murkoff (Author) and Laura Rader (Illustrator)
\nAngus the Answer Dog answers questions about preschool. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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Literary Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

2011 Cybils Call for Judges<\/a><\/p>\n

Keeping House<\/a> in a Literacy-Rich Classroom<\/p>\n

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\"Site<\/a> My NEW book is here!
\nRead and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8<\/a>
\nCopyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture Book of the Day A Storm Called Katrina by Myron Uhlberg (Author) and Colin Bootman (Illustrator) Booktalk: It is August 2005, and a hurricane named Katrina is bearing down on the Gulf Coast. See how Louis Daniel and his family cope with this natural disaster… Snippet: Finally the rain stopped, and everything got real … Continue reading Great Books<\/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":[6,17,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-literacy","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684","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=4684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}