{"id":4797,"date":"2011-10-24T01:50:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T06:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2011-10-24T01:50:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T06:50:31","slug":"nonfiction-monday-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/24\/nonfiction-monday-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonfiction Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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If the World Were a Village – Second Edition: A Book about the World\u2019s People<\/a> (CitizenKid)<\/p>\n

by David J Smith (Author) and Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> If the World Were a Village<\/em> has been newly revised with updated statistics, several new activities and completely new material on food security, energy and health. By exploring the lives of the 100 villagers, children will discover that life in other nations is often very different from their own.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the global village<\/strong><\/p>\n

…what if we imagined that the whole population of the world as a village of just 100 people? In this imaginary village, each person would represent 69 million (69 000 000) people from the real world.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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Haunted Houses<\/a> The Unsolved Mystery<\/p>\n

by Lisa Wade Mccormick (Author)<\/p>\n

32 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Footsteps echo down empty hallways. Ghostly shadows float across rooms. Are ghosts real? Do they haunt houses and other places? Find out about haunted houses and how science is trying to solve this mystery.<\/p>\n

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Haunted Fact<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the earliest ghost stories comes from Ancient Greece. In this story, a ghost in chains walks through a house at night.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up<\/a> host is Apple with Many Seeds<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Lerner Publishing\u2019s New iPad App Offers Access to 1,800 eBooks<\/a> (via @eBookNewser)<\/p>\n

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My secret for battling procrastination<\/a> (it’s a 2-step plan!) (via @JaneFriedman)<\/p>\n

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\"Site<\/a> My NEW book, The Zombie Project<\/a> (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)<\/p>\n

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

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