{"id":5198,"date":"2012-02-01T01:45:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T07:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2012-02-01T01:45:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T07:45:18","slug":"great-books-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/great-books-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Prairie Storms<\/a>
\nby\u00a0Darcy Pattison (Author) and Kathleen Rietz (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> See a year on the prairie. (Did you know that ground hogs live on the prairie, too? Tomorrow is their big day!)<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nThe hibernating groundhog stirs,
\nawakes. It unplugs the door to its den
\nand peers out. Soft billows of fog blot
\nout the sun.<\/p>\n

BONUS! See the video<\/a> and download the ground hog coloring page<\/a><\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/youtu.be\/uaUirE0ed6Y]<\/p>\n

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

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Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie<\/a>
\nby Bill Doyle (Author) and Scott Altman (Illustrator)
\n112 pages<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> After Keats and Henry lose their bikes, they need money\u2014fast. So the help-wanted ad at the supermarket seems ideal for them. All they have to do is weed Hallway House’s garden, find some lightbulbs in the attic, sweep the garage . . . and battle a shark-headed zombie. That last job is a joke…isn’t it?<\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> “Shark-headed zombie?” Henry said.<\/p>\n

“Extra wand?” said Keats.<\/p>\n

Henry laughed, and then Keats did, too.<\/p>\n

BONUS! See the video<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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

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5 MORE Great Books About Valentines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Big Heart!: A Valentine’s Day Tale<\/a>
\nby Joan Holub (Author) and Will Terry (Illustrator)
\nThe ant class makes a big Valentine. Who is it for? Pre-Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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Melvin’s Valentine<\/a>
\nby Jon Scieszka (Author), David Shannon (Illustrator), Loren Long (Illustrator) and David Gordon (Illustrator)
\nWho gave Melvin a Valentine? Level 1 easy reader<\/em><\/p>\n

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No Valentines for Katie<\/a>
\nby Fran Manushkin (Author) and Tammie Lyon (Illustrator)
\nUh-oh! No one gave Katie Woo a Valentine. Easy reader with chapters<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nate the Great and the Mushy Valentine<\/a>
\nby Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (Author) and Marc Simont (Illustrator)
\nWho gave Sludge the dog a Valentine? Easy reader<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Valentine’s Day in Vicarstown<\/a>
\nby Rev. W. Awdry (Author)
\nWhat will Thomas do about Valentine’s Day when the blizzard comes? Easy reader<\/em>
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Literary Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Stats: Kids Find E-Books \u2018Fun And Cool,\u2019 But Teens Are Still Reluctant<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinterest Tips for Writers<\/a> (via @GalleyCat)
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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 Prairie Storms by\u00a0Darcy Pattison (Author) and Kathleen Rietz (Illustrator) Booktalk: See a year on the prairie. (Did you know that ground hogs live on the prairie, too? Tomorrow is their big day!) Snippet: The hibernating groundhog stirs, awakes. It unplugs the door to its den and peers out. Soft billows … 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":[6,9,12,13,19,22,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-chapter-book-of-the-day","category-easy-readers","category-ebooks","category-news","category-picture-book-of-the-day","category-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198","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=5198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}