{"id":5280,"date":"2012-02-28T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5280"},"modified":"2012-02-28T01:24:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T07:24:18","slug":"road-work-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/28\/road-work-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Work Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My Book of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/images\/road.work.ahead.med.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=pb.road.work.ahead\">Road Work Ahead<\/a> by Anastasia Suen<br \/>\nA transportation picture book<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Copyright:<\/strong> 2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ages:<\/strong> 3-5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/us.penguingroup.com\/nf\/Book\/BookDisplay\/1,,9780670012886,00.html\">Viking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Suen\u2019s sparse rhyming verse leads readers through the busy scenes and uses simple vocabulary that suits both the youngest listeners and those just beginning to read.&#8221; ~ <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/childrens-books\/anastasia-suen\/road-work-ahead\/\">Kirkus Reviews<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A batch of Grandma&#8217;s homemade oatmeal cookies beckons, but for this backseat narrator, the sights and sounds along the road to her house are equally compelling.&#8221; ~ <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-0-670-01288-6\">Publishers Weekly<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Play the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsuagcenter.com\/en\/4h\/kids\/myworld\/games\/road+signs+matching+game.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Road Signs Matching Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/imaginationsoup.net\/2011\/09\/road-work-ahead-cars-trucks-and-construction-play\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cars, Trucks, and Construction Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9dCZi8iqH5A\" target=\"_blank\">construction site video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=act.pb.rlgl\" target=\"_blank\"> Traffic Light Necklace<\/a> with yarn and stickers.<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<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\/51t21bW7YLL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312558244\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0312558244\">Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken<\/a><br \/>\nby Daniel Pinkwater (Author) and Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Yetta, beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher\u2019s shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn\u2014a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> Yetta, beautiful Yetta, will not be sold. She will not be soup. She will not be roasted chicken on a Friday night. She is free. She is in Brooklyn.<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51bdkq100aL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"Nerd Camp\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/144241703X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=144241703X\">Nerd Camp<\/a><br \/>\nby Elissa Brent Weissman (Author)<br \/>\n272 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Ten-year-old Gabe is excited to go to the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment, but then he meets his new stepbrother, Zack, who doesn&#8217;t like nerds. Now what? Gabe makes a chart to figure it out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\nPROBLEM: Am I a nerd who only has nerdy adventures?<br \/>\nHYPOTHESIS: No.<\/p>\n<p>THINGS I CAN TELL ZACK<br \/>\n(I am not a nerd.)<br \/>\n1. I am going to a sleepaway<br \/>\ncamp for six weeks!<\/p>\n<p>THINGS I CAN&#8217;T TELL ZACK<br \/>\n(I am a nerd.)<br \/>\n1. It is the Summer Center<br \/>\nfor Gifted Enrichment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/dadtalk.typepad.com\/cybils\/winners\/\">2011 Cybils<\/a> Middle Grade Novel Winner!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6a00d83451b06869e20154351aef15970c-800wi.gif?w=180\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2012 Online Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The March 2012 workshops will begin on Wednesday, March 7th.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Which workshop is best for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>New to children&#8217;s books?<\/strong><br \/>\nLearn about the different types of children&#8217;s books in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.genres\">Children&#8217;s Book Genres Workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Passionate about literacy?<\/strong><br \/>\nFind out how you can write for children learning to read in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.cl\">Children&#8217;s Literacy Workshop (for Writers)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready to write?<\/strong><br \/>\nWrite and edit your book in the<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.pb\">Intensive Picture Book Workshop<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.ez\">Easy Reader Workshop<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.ch\">Children&#8217;s Chapter Books Workshop<\/a> or the<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.n\">Children&#8217;s Novels Workshop<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you finish a writing workshop you can work through two more edits in a &#8220;work-in-progress&#8221; workshop, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.pbm\">rewriting your picture book<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.ezm\">easy reader<\/a> or working on the next chapter of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.chm\">children&#8217;s chapter book<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.nm\">children&#8217;s novel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The March workshop dates are March 7-April 25, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2012 Carnival Of Children&#8217;s Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kidlitcarnival.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/carnival_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The carnival will go live today at <a href=\"http:\/\/fourthmusketeer.blogspot.com\/\">The Fourth Musketeer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myubam.com\/thumbnails\/670012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- 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 chapter book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myubam.com\/ecommerce\/details.asp?sid=NEW&amp;gid=131405690&amp;title=All-Star+Cheerleaders%3A+Save+the+Best+for+Last%2C+Abby+%28Book+2%29&amp;sqlwhere=+new+%3D+%271%27\">Save the Best for Last, Abby<\/a> (All-Star Cheerleaders)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Book of the Week Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen A transportation picture book Copyright: 2011 Ages: 3-5 Hardcover Publisher: Viking &#8220;Suen\u2019s sparse rhyming verse leads readers through the busy scenes and uses simple vocabulary that suits both the youngest listeners and those just beginning to read.&#8221; 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