{"id":472,"date":"2019-08-12T06:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=472"},"modified":"2019-08-11T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T18:39:31","slug":"things-up-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/things-up-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Things Up Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/thingsupclose_0.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9426\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33qpA7f\">Things Up Close<\/a><br \/>\nby Alice Boynton (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> View common objects&#8211;a pencil, sponge, toothbrush, and seashell&#8211;from a new perspective and learn uncommon facts about each one. <em>(Bread was used as a eraser?!)<\/em> <\/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\/2019\/08\/thingsupclose_4.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9427\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/thingsupclose_5.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9428\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/thingsupclose_6.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9429\" \/><\/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 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things Up Close by Alice Boynton (Author) Booktalk: View common objects&#8211;a pencil, sponge, toothbrush, and seashell&#8211;from a new perspective and learn uncommon facts about each one. (Bread was used as a eraser?!) Snippet: It&#8217;s Nonfiction Monday! 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