{"id":4743,"date":"2011-09-27T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2011-09-27T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:14:08","slug":"mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries!"},"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\/51kr45QuquL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0763637904\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0763637904\">Argus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Michelle Knudsen (Author) and Andrea Wesson (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Sally\u2019s class is doing a science project, and Mrs. Henshaw is handing out eggs for hatching. &#8220;Mine looks different,&#8221; says Sally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Now, Sally,&#8221; said Mrs. Henshaw, &#8220;don&#8217;t be difficult. Some eggs just look different.&#8221;<\/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\/51GXrkcNkiL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375867406\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0375867406\">The Red Blazer Girls: The Mistaken Masterpiece<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Michael D. Beil (Author)<\/p>\n<p>320 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are back in an all-new Red Blazer Girls caper. In book three, Sophie is nose to fist with her arch-rival, Livvy, all while taking care of movie-star Nate Etan&#8217;s dog, when Father Julian hires the Blazers to help him authenticate a painting. Mayhem and mystery follows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <em>The gears in Margaret&#8217;s brain are spinning so fast she makes a whirring sound as she opens her mouth. &#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t make sense. If he died in 1961, how could it possible have been painted <strong>after<\/strong> 1961?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Book of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/images\/zombie.med.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=ch.zombie\">The Zombie Project<\/a> by Anastasia Suen<\/p>\n<p>(writing as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertwhitman.com\/content.cfm\/about-gertrude-chandler-warner\">Gertrude Chandler Warner<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Copyright:<\/strong> 2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dewey Decimal Class:<\/strong> Fic<\/li>\n<li><strong>ATOS Level:<\/strong> 3.4<\/li>\n<li><strong>AR Quiz Number:<\/strong> 146116<\/li>\n<li><strong>Library Binding \/ Paperback<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertwhitman.com\/content.cfm\/bookdetails\/The-Zombie-Project-The-Boxcar-Children-Mysteries-128\">Albert Whitman &amp; Company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While at the Winding River Lodge, the Aldens hear about a zombie living in the surrounding forest! As the signs of zombie attacks start to mount, the Boxcar Children recruit the help of a reporter and some locals. But is someone hiding information? Or should the Boxcar Children really be afraid of things that go bump in the night?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write your own zombie story this October. I\u2019ve created a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/zombie\/\">Silly Zombie Story Writing Workshop<\/a> for you to use. This 4 page writing workshop kit has an instruction page, two planning pages (one was completed by Frank E. Stein, so you can see what kind of story he was planning) and a blank author\/illustrator page for you to use. Happy writing!<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 2011 Online Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>The October 2011 workshops will begin on Wednesday, October 5th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Which workshop is best for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>New to children&#8217;s books?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn about the different types of children&#8217;s books in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.genres\">Children&#8217;s Book Genres Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write and edit your book in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.pb\">Intensive Picture Book Workshop<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.n\">Children&#8217;s Novels Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An online workshop does not have a physical meeting place or classroom hours. You will have 8 weeks to complete the 6 lessons in this online workshop. Turn your lessons in as you complete them, the next day&#8230;or on the due date two weeks later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The October workshop dates are October 5-November 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>The October workshops end on November 23rd, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The workshops begin again on January 4th, 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jury Duty Screening Consists Of A Questionnaire \u2013 And Now <a href=\"http:\/\/mbist.ro\/nMTEj6\">Your Tweets, Too<\/a> (via @alltwtr)<\/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 book is here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=ch.read.write.sports\">Read and Write Sports: Readers Theatre and Writing Activities for Grades 3-8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture Book of the Day Argus by Michelle Knudsen (Author) and Andrea Wesson (Illustrator) Booktalk: Sally\u2019s class is doing a science project, and Mrs. Henshaw is handing out eggs for hatching. &#8220;Mine looks different,&#8221; says Sally. Snippet: &#8220;Now, Sally,&#8221; said Mrs. Henshaw, &#8220;don&#8217;t be difficult. Some eggs just look different.&#8221; _____________________________________________________________________ Chapter Book of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/27\/mysteries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mysteries!<\/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":[6,18,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-new-book","category-workshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743","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=4743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}