{"id":6394,"date":"2014-10-31T01:29:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T06:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=6394"},"modified":"2014-10-31T01:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T06:29:10","slug":"the-prairie-that-nature-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/the-prairie-that-nature-built\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prairie That Nature Built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/613QpAgfnkL._SL250_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1584694920\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1584694920&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkId=757XABLJ75JNKGRN\">The Prairie That Nature Built<\/a><br \/>\nby Marybeth Lorbiecki (Author) and Cathy Morrison (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> A wild prairie is a lively place in this rhythmic romp with munchers and crunchers above and below the grasses so thick, and fires that flare, and rains that quench\u2014and always the prairie grows green. Back matter offers information and activities for a fuller appreciation of this marvelous, disappearing habitat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\nThese are the roots that plunge so deep,<br \/>\nLong and strong, holding water to keep,<br \/>\nDown past the burrows where the prairie pups sleep,<br \/>\nAlongside the critters that worm and squirm<br \/>\nAlive in the dirt so dark and deep<br \/>\nUnder the prairie that nature built.<br \/>\nSuch long, strong roots can save the day<br \/>\nWhen rain you want still stays away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dawnpub.com\/images\/PRAIR_B2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bringing Nature to Life &quot;Pop Up&quot;\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHkYgjsAIu4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/UHkYgjsAIu4\" target=\"_blank\">book in 3-D<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnpub.com\/apps\/prairiepopup\/\">downloading the app<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Two in One!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/images\/poetry%20friday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"79\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">This week&#8217;s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teacherdance.org\/\">TeacherDance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"Stem Friday\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stemfriday-tiny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/stemfriday.wordpress.com\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\n<!-- 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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prairie That Nature Built by Marybeth Lorbiecki (Author) and Cathy Morrison (Illustrator) Booktalk: A wild prairie is a lively place in this rhythmic romp with munchers and crunchers above and below the grasses so thick, and fires that flare, and rains that quench\u2014and always the prairie grows green. Back matter offers information and activities &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/the-prairie-that-nature-built\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Prairie That Nature Built<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394","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=6394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}