{"id":526,"date":"2019-09-30T08:20:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T15:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=526"},"modified":"2019-09-30T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T15:55:08","slug":"carving-a-jack-o-lantern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/carving-a-jack-o-lantern\/","title":{"rendered":"Carving a Jack-o&#8217;-Lantern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/carvingjackolantern.jpg?resize=500%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9739\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Carving-Jack-Lantern-Sequencing-Stories\/dp\/1503835073\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;linkCode=sl1&#038;tag=kidswrite-20&#038;linkId=14bf46ab3abe882ec54ef7b25ee2fe3d&#038;language=en_US\">Carving a Jack-o&#8217;-Lantern (Sequencing Stories)<\/a><br \/>\nby Meg Gaertner (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Carmen wants to make a jack-o&#8217;-lantern with her family for Halloween. First her father cuts the top off the pumpkin. Then Carmen pulls out the pulp. What comes next? <em>A sequencing story<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> Carmen and her family went to a pumpkin patch yesterday. They picked out a big, round pumpkin.<\/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>Carving a Jack-o&#8217;-Lantern (Sequencing Stories) by Meg Gaertner (Author) Booktalk: Carmen wants to make a jack-o&#8217;-lantern with her family for Halloween. First her father cuts the top off the pumpkin. Then Carmen pulls out the pulp. What comes next? 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