{"id":5122,"date":"2012-01-18T01:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T07:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2012-01-18T01:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T07:31:37","slug":"great-books-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/great-books-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Tyrannosaurus Dad<\/a>
\nby Liz Rosenberg (Author) and Matthew Myers (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> What’s forty feet long, fifteen feet high and wears a necktie? (Tobias’ Dad! He is, after all, a Tyrannosaurus.)<\/p>\n

Snippet:\u00a0<\/strong>With Tyrannosaurus Dad around, he never felt afraid of spiders or strange noises at night, Still he couldn’t help wishing his father would be — well, a little more part of things. His dad was always, always working.
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Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm<\/a>
\nby Dori Butler (Author) and Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)
\n144 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> On Buddy’s first day at school. someone sets off the fire alarm. Who could have set it? A kid? A ghost?<\/strong> Buddy is on the case!<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> “There was a fire at our school a long time ago, and part of the school burned down. This girl–her name was Agatha Curry–she got burned up in the fire and now her ghost haunts the old part of the school.”
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5 Great Books About Valentines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arthur’s Great Big Valentine<\/a>
\nby Lillian Hoban
\nArthur argues with his friend on Valentine’s Day. Level 2 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Clifford’s Valentines<\/a>
\nby Norman Bridwell (Author, Illustrator)
\nClifford makes his own Valentine. Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s Valentine’s Day!<\/a>
\nby Jack Prelutsky (Author) and Marylin Hafner (Illustrator)
\nThis classic poetry collection is back in print with new illustrations. Level 3 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Let’s Get Ready for Valentine’s Day<\/a>
\nby Lloyd G. Douglas (Author)
\nA young girl gets ready for Valentine’s Day in this photo-illustrated easy reader<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Scooby-doo Reader #10: Valentine’s Day Dognapping<\/a>
\nby Gail Herman (Author) and Duendes Del Sur (Illustrator)
\nScooby-doo finds pizza and witches in this Valentine mystery! Level 2 easy reader<\/em>
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Literary Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Citing High Implementation Costs of Local Taxes, Powell’s Closes Pennsylvania Affiliates<\/a> (via @publisherslunch)<\/p>\n

Babies Don\u2019t Just Listen<\/a>, They Try Lip-Reading While Turning Babble into Words (via @washingtonpost)
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\"Site<\/a> My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby<\/a> (All-Star Cheerleaders)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture Book of the Day Tyrannosaurus Dad by Liz Rosenberg (Author) and Matthew Myers (Illustrator) Booktalk: What’s forty feet long, fifteen feet high and wears a necktie? (Tobias’ Dad! He is, after all, a Tyrannosaurus.) Snippet:\u00a0With Tyrannosaurus Dad around, he never felt afraid of spiders or strange noises at night, Still he couldn’t help wishing … 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":[6,9,12,17,19,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-chapter-book-of-the-day","category-easy-readers","category-literacy","category-news","category-picture-book-of-the-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","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=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}