{"id":1115,"date":"2021-07-19T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2021-07-18T09:30:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T16:30:08","slug":"kids-vs-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/kids-vs-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids vs. Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kidsvsplastic-595x761.jpg?resize=525%2C671&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"671\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14837\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Kids vs. Plastic: Ditch the straw and find the pollution solution to bottles, bags, and other single-use plastics<\/em><br \/>\nby Julie Beer (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xJyxHz\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781426339103\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781426339103?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> It&#8217;s in your toothbrush &#8230; your clothes &#8230; your earbuds. Chances are, you&#8217;re touching it right now. We&#8217;re talking about plastic! Plastic is absolutely everywhere and in practically everything we touch, from pens to water bottles to sports equipment. And a lot of it is used once and then thrown away. Unfortunately, it takes a REALLY long time for plastic to break down and it can be harmful to our environment, especially wildlife. But why and when did we start using it in so much stuff? And how do we stop?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kidsvsplastic.114-595x762.jpg?resize=525%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"672\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14838\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids vs. Plastic: Ditch the straw and find the pollution solution to bottles, bags, and other single-use plastics by Julie Beer (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: It&#8217;s in your toothbrush &#8230; your clothes &#8230; your earbuds. Chances are, you&#8217;re touching it right now. We&#8217;re talking about plastic! Plastic is absolutely everywhere and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/kids-vs-plastic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kids vs. Plastic&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-hZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":882,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/facts-vs-opinions-vs-robots-a-fun-information-literacy-primer-for-children\/","url_meta":{"origin":1115,"position":0},"title":"Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots: A Fun Information Literacy Primer for Children","author":"Cindy Dobrez","date":"September 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lynn: You'd have to live in a cave in the wilderness not to know that far too many Americans have a very sketchy concept of what a fact actually is or how to verify it. 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