{"id":4816,"date":"2011-11-01T01:35:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T06:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=4816"},"modified":"2011-11-01T01:35:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T06:35:19","slug":"unexpected-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/unexpected-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61eRXKXzU0L._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0811875474\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0811875474\">The Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Paul Hoppe (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> When a boy can&#8217;t find his favorite stuffed bunny, he bravely heads into the woods to look for it. Instead, he finds a big, scary brown bear!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <em>Every night before bed, I turn on my night-light, read a story, curl up under a blanket, and give my bunny a hug. But last night, I couldn&#8217;t find my bunny anywhere!<\/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=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51VqDEmpAYL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1596431687\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=1596431687\">90 Miles to Havana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Enrique Flores-Galbis (Author)<\/p>\n<p>304 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> When Julian&#8217;s parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it&#8217;s not always clear how best to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>My mother waits for the kitchen door to slam shut and then sits down. She hides her face in her hands. &#8220;She&#8217;s not just a nosy neighbor; she <strong>can<\/strong> have you sent away.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure she can&#8217;t&#8211;&#8221; my father starts, but my mother interrupts him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Yes, she can and they&#8217;re doing it already.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture Book Month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/picturebookmonth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/PBMLOGO-COLOR_WEBRES.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">November is <a href=\"http:\/\/picturebookmonth.com\/\">Picture Book Month<\/a>! Today&#8217;s host is Eric A. Kimmel.<\/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, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=ch.zombie\">The Zombie Project<\/a> (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #128)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture Book of the Day The Woods by Paul Hoppe (Author, Illustrator) Booktalk: When a boy can&#8217;t find his favorite stuffed bunny, he bravely heads into the woods to look for it. Instead, he finds a big, scary brown bear! Snippet: Every night before bed, I turn on my night-light, read a story, curl up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/unexpected-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Unexpected&#8230;<\/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":[6,17,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-literacy","category-picture-book-month"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816","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=4816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}