{"id":4745,"date":"2011-09-28T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2011-09-28T01:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T06:00:04","slug":"great-books-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/28\/great-books-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Fandango Stew<\/a><\/p>\n

by David Davis (Author) and Ben Galbraith (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Luis and his grandfather Slim star in this fun Wild West version of Stone Soup. They sing as they cook….<\/p>\n

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

“Chile’s good,<\/em><\/p>\n

so is barbecue,<\/p>\n

but nothing’s finer than<\/p>\n

FANDANGO STEW!”<\/p>\n

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

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Marty McGuire<\/a><\/p>\n

by Kate Messner (Author) and Brian Floca (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

160 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the\u00a0class play, Marty’s absolutely, positively sure that there’s been a huge mistake.<\/p>\n

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

I take one…two-three…four little steps to the end of the log. I lean down. I stretch out my slippery, shimmery arm.<\/em><\/p>\n

The bullfrog blinks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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5 Great Books About Cats<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ali Cat Finds a Home<\/a><\/p>\n

by Dandi Daley Mackall (Author) and Janet McDonnell (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Katy finds a stray kitten and learns to take care of her. Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cat Traps<\/a><\/p>\n

by Molly Coxe (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Cat wants a snack, but a trap leads to trouble! Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mac and Cheese<\/a><\/p>\n

by Sarah Weeks (Author) and Jane Manning (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Mac and Cheese are city cats who are opposites. Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ringo Saves The Day! : A True Story<\/a><\/p>\n

by Andrew Clements (Author) and Ellen Beier (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

A woman adopts a cat and the cat saves her life. Level 2 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Cat in the Hat<\/a><\/p>\n

by Dr. Seuss (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Have you read this classic easy reader<\/em> to a child today?<\/p>\n

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

Common-Core Study Methodology Questioned<\/a> #curriculum (via @educationweek)<\/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 Fandango Stew by David Davis (Author) and Ben Galbraith (Illustrator) Booktalk: Luis and his grandfather Slim star in this fun Wild West version of Stone Soup. They sing as they cook…. Snippet: “Chile’s good, so is barbecue, but nothing’s finer than FANDANGO STEW!” _____________________________________________________________________ Chapter Book of the Day Marty … 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":[6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745","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=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}