{"id":5038,"date":"2011-12-27T01:44:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T07:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5038"},"modified":"2011-12-27T01:44:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T07:44:04","slug":"holiday-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/27\/holiday-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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I Can Say Thank You<\/a>
\nby Tamsin Ainslie (Author, Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Three friends learn to say thank you.<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nThese flowers are for you.
\nThank you.<\/em>
\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

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

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Guantanamo Boy<\/a>
\nby Anna Perera (Author)
\n352 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from England, is abducted from Pakistan while on holiday with his family. He is taken to Guantanamo Bay and held without charge, where his hopes and dreams are crushed under the cruellest of circumstances.<\/p>\n

Snippet:\u00a0<\/strong>Sometimes<\/strong>, Khalid thinks as he drags himself home after another boring day at school, I’d rather be anywhere but here.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

BONUS! Hear the author discuss the book<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/youtu.be\/Qg1AaC3nHSA]
\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

Online Writing Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NEW Children’s Chapter Books Workshop<\/a> is Jan 4-Feb 22, 2012.<\/p>\n

_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"Site<\/a> My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead<\/a> (Viking)<\/p>\n

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

Picture Book of the Day I Can Say Thank You by Tamsin Ainslie (Author, Illustrator) Booktalk: Three friends learn to say thank you. Snippet: These flowers are for you. Thank you. _____________________________________________________________________ Chapter Book of the Day Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera (Author) 352 pages Booktalk: Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim boy from England, is abducted … Continue reading Holiday Thanks<\/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":[6,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-workshops"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038","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=5038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}