{"id":1280,"date":"2022-03-14T07:20:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2022-03-13T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T22:47:11","slug":"mega-cool-megafauna-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/mega-cool-megafauna-series\/","title":{"rendered":"MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/megafaunaancientcovers.jpg?resize=481%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16515\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HKH3dz\">MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nby Anastasia Suen (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> My MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series came out during the pandemic and now all four books are online as e-books. Hooray! Click the links under each title to find them at your library. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rou_9781731644138_270.jpeg?resize=270%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16518\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/title\/13905245\">Hoopla<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/search.overdrive.com\/media\/6000530\/creatures-of-ancient-seas\">Overdrive<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1243160447\">WorldCat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rou_9781731644121_270.jpeg?resize=270%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16517\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/title\/13906089\">Hoopla<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/search.overdrive.com\/media\/6000531\/creatures-of-ancient-skies\">Overdrive<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1243159924\">WorldCat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rou_9781731644145_270.jpeg?resize=270%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16519\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/title\/13905649\">Hoopla<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/search.overdrive.com\/media\/6000529\/creatures-of-ancient-lands\">Overdrive<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1243160059\">WorldCat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rou_9781731644152_270.jpeg?resize=270%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16520\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopladigital.com\/title\/13903984\">Hoopla<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/search.overdrive.com\/media\/6000532\/creatures-of-today\">Overdrive<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1243160241\">WorldCat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>These middle grade expository books are written in prose, but I&#8217;ve been writing STEM poetry for years, so that&#8217;s what I did for this author visit mini-comic. <\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/visits\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What is your favorite BIG animal?<\/em><\/a> mini-comic, I&#8217;ve written two pocket poems about two of the creatures in the <em>MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA Creatures of Today<\/em> book. Each pocket poem is based on two facts from the book. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/megaspread1-595x425.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What will the third poem be? That&#8217;s up to you&#8211;and your students! Write two facts about your favorite BIG animal on page 6 and write a pocket poem using those facts on page 7. Then draw your animal on page 8. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/megaspread2-595x425.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16531\" \/><\/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 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series by Anastasia Suen (Author) Booktalk: My MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series came out during the pandemic and now all four books are online as e-books. Hooray! Click the links under each title to find them at your library. @ Hoopla | Overdrive | WorldCat @ Hoopla | Overdrive | WorldCat @ Hoopla | Overdrive &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/mega-cool-megafauna-series\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MEGA-COOL MEGAFAUNA series&#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-1280","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-kE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":827,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/cool-math-50-fantastic-facts-for-kids-of-all-ages\/","url_meta":{"origin":1280,"position":0},"title":"Cool Math: 50 Fantastic Facts for Kids of All Ages","author":"@roberta3","date":"July 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Want a book to help keep those math skills sharp over summer? 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