{"id":4727,"date":"2011-09-21T01:08:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T06:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2011-09-21T01:08:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T06:08:27","slug":"great-books-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/great-books-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Grandpa’s Tractor<\/a><\/p>\n

by Michael Garland (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Grandpa Joe brings his grandson Timmy back to the old family farm…<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> Grandpa Joe and Timmy were going to see the old farm where Grandpa Joe used to live when he was a boy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories<\/a><\/p>\n

edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones<\/p>\n

384 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Read your favorite authors’ stories about bullying–as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, as perpetrators.<\/p>\n

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

End of the World<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jessica Brody<\/em><\/p>\n

Everybody asks<\/p>\n

But no one wonders why.<\/p>\n

I laugh as you pretend<\/p>\n

to take interest in my life,<\/em><\/p>\n

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5 Great Firehouse Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clifford The Firehouse Dog<\/a><\/p>\n

by Norman Bridwell (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Clifford helps out his brother, the firehouse dog. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dear Dragon Goes to the Fire House<\/a><\/p>\n

by Margaret Hillert (Author) and David Schimmell (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

A boy and his class (and his pet dragon) visit the firehouse. Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Firehouse!<\/a><\/p>\n

by Mark Teague (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Edward the dog visits the firehouse and tries to become a firefighter. Picture book<\/em><\/p>\n

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Flat Stanley and the Firehouse <\/a><\/p>\n

by Jeff Brown (Author) and Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Flat Stanley wins a trip to the firehouse. Level 2 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Little Critter: Going to the Firehouse <\/a><\/p>\n

by Mercer Mayer (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Little Critter and his class go on a trip to the firehouse. Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

BONUS! See the Firehouse! video<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qsmV1wwt-PI]<\/p>\n

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

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

EverythingMom<\/a>\u00a0reviews\u00a0Road Work Ahead.<\/em>\u00a0“The text uses simple vocabulary in a fun rhyme making it easy for beginner readers.”<\/p>\n

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\"Site<\/a> My NEW book is here!<\/p>\n

Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture Book of the Day Grandpa’s Tractor by Michael Garland (Author, Illustrator) Booktalk: Grandpa Joe brings his grandson Timmy back to the old family farm… Snippet: Grandpa Joe and Timmy were going to see the old farm where Grandpa Joe used to live when he was a boy. ________________________________________________________________________ Chapter Book of the Day Dear … 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":[6,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-literacy","category-new-book"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","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=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}