{"id":1209,"date":"2021-11-29T06:50:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2021-11-28T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:07:24","slug":"literally-amazing-words-and-where-they-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/literally-amazing-words-and-where-they-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/literally-595x595.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15593\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From<\/em><br \/>\nby Patrick Skipworth (Author) and Nicholas Stevenson (Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31ddORg\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781912920181\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781912920181?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Did you know that English words come from all over the world? And often their meanings have changed over time? You\u2019ll be surprised at the global and cultural diversity hidden in the words we use every day! <\/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\/11\/literally1-595x287.jpg?resize=525%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15592\" \/><\/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>Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From by Patrick Skipworth (Author) and Nicholas Stevenson (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: Did you know that English words come from all over the world? And often their meanings have changed over time? You\u2019ll be surprised at the global and cultural diversity hidden in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/literally-amazing-words-and-where-they-come-from\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Come From&#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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","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-jv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1290,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/moving-words-about-a-flower\/","url_meta":{"origin":1209,"position":0},"title":"Moving Words About a Flower","author":"@roberta3","date":"March 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Perfect to read for National Weed Appreciation Day (March 28) and then have on hand for National Poetry Month (April), comes the gorgeous new picture book Moving Words About a Flower by K. 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