{"id":1556,"date":"2023-07-10T08:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2023-07-10T08:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T15:08:43","slug":"the-sky-is-not-the-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/the-sky-is-not-the-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky Is Not the Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/theskyisnotthelimitfc-960x1282.jpg?resize=525%2C701&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"701\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19921\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Sky Is Not the Limit<\/em><br \/>\nby J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Decalf (Author \/ Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46zL02t\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9780802856029\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> In 1977, a space probe was built to help human beings learn a little more about outer space. Soon, along with its twin, <em>Voyager 2<\/em> slipped through the clouds and left Earth behind. The spacecraft traveled for years through the deep, infinite night. At last <em>Voyager 2<\/em> reached its first goal: Jupiter. Then it met the spellbinding sight of Saturn. Then, going further than any previous mission, the probe visited the blue ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Past the boundaries of our solar system, <em>Voyager 2<\/em> sails on, carrying a Golden Record for any new friends it makes in interstellar space&#8230;<\/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\/2023\/07\/theskyisnotthelimitint1-960x634.jpg?resize=525%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19923\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/theskyisnotthelimitint2-960x634.jpg?resize=525%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19922\" \/><\/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 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Is Not the Limit by J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Decalf (Author \/ Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: In 1977, a space probe was built to help human beings learn a little more about outer space. Soon, along with its twin, Voyager 2 slipped through the clouds and left Earth behind. The spacecraft traveled for years &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/the-sky-is-not-the-limit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Sky Is Not the Limit&#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-1556","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-p6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":933,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/dark-was-the-night-blind-willie-johnsons-journey-to-the-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1556,"position":0},"title":"Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson&#8217;s Journey to the Stars","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"October 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars by Gary Golio (Author) and E.B. 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