{"id":1099,"date":"2021-08-20T06:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T13:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2021-08-19T11:09:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T18:09:04","slug":"little-kids-first-big-book-of-rocks-minerals-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/little-kids-first-big-book-of-rocks-minerals-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals &#038; Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bigfirstrocksmineralshells-595x595.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15013\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals &#038; Shells<\/em><br \/>\nby Moira Rose Donohue (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3D1mhFr\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781426372223\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781426372223?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Discover how rocks are formed, the three kinds of rocks, and the difference between rocks and minerals. Learn how rocks and minerals are used in art, architecture, industry, and science. Then journey to the oceans to explore seashells and the amazing animals that once inhabited them.<\/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\/08\/bigfirstrocksmineralshells.1-595x299.jpg?resize=525%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15014\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/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>Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals &#038; Shells by Moira Rose Donohue (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: Discover how rocks are formed, the three kinds of rocks, and the difference between rocks and minerals. Learn how rocks and minerals are used in art, architecture, industry, and science. Then journey to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/little-kids-first-big-book-of-rocks-minerals-shells\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals &#038; Shells&#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-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-hJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1028,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/outdoor-school-rock-fossil-and-shell-hunting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1099,"position":0},"title":"Outdoor School: Rock, Fossil, and Shell Hunting","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"April 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Outdoor School: Rock, Fossil, and Shell Hunting: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide by Jennifer Swanson (Author) and John D. 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