{"id":7430,"date":"2015-06-10T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:21:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:21:29","slug":"the-crown-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/10\/the-crown-affair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheCrownAffair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheCrownAffair.jpg\" alt=\"The Crown Affair\" width=\"194\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1580895522\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1580895522&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=kidswrite-20&#038;linkId=TPTMASJZYHFNWLZF\">The Crown Affair<\/a> (Nursery-Rhyme Mysteries)<br \/>\nby Jeanie Franz Ransom (Author) and Stephen Axelsen (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> In the sequel to What REALLY Happened to Humpty?, Jack (Jill\u2019s other half) fell down the Hill and had his crown stolen. It\u2019s up to detective Joe Dumpty to round up the usual suspects and track down the culprit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen did you notice the crown was missing?&#8221; I asked.<br \/>\n&#8220;Not right away,&#8221; Jill replied. &#8220;First, I checked on Jack. Then I called 9-1-1. After that, it&#8217;s a blur. I was a little dizzy myself. I came tumbling down after, you know?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CrownAffairSpread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CrownAffairSpread-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"CrownAffairSpread\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>#kidlit Link of the Day:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbcbooks.org\/childrens-choices\/\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Children\u2019s Choices winners announced!<\/a> by the Children&#8217;s Book Council. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cc2015-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cc2015-cover.png\" alt=\"cc2015-cover\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each year, over 36,000 children from different regions of the United States read newly-published children\u2019s and young adult trade books and vote for the ones they like best. These Children\u2019s Choices, selected from more than 500 titles, can be counted on as books children really enjoy reading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CBW-blanklogo-childrens_FINAL1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CBW-blanklogo-childrens_FINAL1.gif\" alt=\"CBW-blanklogo-childrens_FINAL1\" width=\"255\" height=\"73\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2015 <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\" alt=\"Site Meter\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crown Affair (Nursery-Rhyme Mysteries) by Jeanie Franz Ransom (Author) and Stephen Axelsen (Illustrator) Booktalk: In the sequel to What REALLY Happened to Humpty?, Jack (Jill\u2019s other half) fell down the Hill and had his crown stolen. It\u2019s up to detective Joe Dumpty to round up the usual suspects and track down the culprit. 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