{"id":4721,"date":"2011-09-19T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T06:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2011-09-19T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T06:01:43","slug":"nonfiction-monday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/19\/nonfiction-monday-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonfiction Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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How Did That Get In My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food<\/a>
\nby Chris Butterworth (Author) and Lucia Gaggiotti (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> The best part of a young child\u2019s day is often opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did all that delicious food get there? Who made the bread for the sandwich? What about the cheese inside? Who plucked the fruit? And where did the chocolate in that cookie get its start?<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chocolate starts off as a bean–well, lots of beans, which grow in pods an a cocoa tree.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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Too Old for This, Too Young for That!: Your Survival Guide for the Middle School Years<\/a>
\nby Harriet S. Mosatche Ph.D. (Author) and Karen Unger M.A. (Author)
\n192 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Middle school can be tough. Physical and emotional changes may cause you to feel unsure of yourself. Relationships can get complicated. And more to do at school might require major adjustments. The middle school years can begin to seems like one long roller coaster ride.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> Why is middle school so different from elementary school? Because basically everything has changed. Not only do you have more teachers, subjects, homework, projects, and tests, but you might also have a homeroom, a locker, more clubs and activities, and other new things to handle.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nonfiction Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nonfiction<\/p>\n

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up<\/a> host is Tales from the Rushmore Kid<\/a><\/p>\n

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

My new book Road Work Ahead<\/em> (Viking) is on tour at Fiction Notes<\/a> today!<\/p>\n

New blog on #edresearch & #innovation<\/a>, written by @RobertSlavin (via @educationweek)<\/p>\n

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\"Site<\/a> My NEW picture book Road Work Ahead<\/a> is here!
\nCopyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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