{"id":1182,"date":"2021-12-17T09:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:25:19","slug":"odd-beasts-meet-natures-weirdest-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/odd-beasts-meet-natures-weirdest-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

We don’t usually think of board books when we hear the word STEM, but board books like Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals<\/em> by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Gareth Lucas are going to change that.<\/p>\n

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The book introduces babies and toddlers to eight weirdly-fascinating animals:\u00a0 the pangolin (mammal with scales!), ocean sunfish, glass frog, anglerfish, long-horned orb-weaver spider, Eastern snake-necked turtle, bush baby, and giant jumping stick.<\/p>\n

Each two-page spread features a brightly-colored illustration of the animal, plus one short sentence that names it and points out a notable identifying characteristic.\u00a0 For example, one of the animals \u201cwears armor.\u201d Can you guess which one?<\/p>\n

The back matter includes photographs of each animal with a concise, but more-detailed description.<\/p>\n

Odd Beasts<\/em> is fun, sweet, and educational all rolled up into one. Perfect to prepare for a trip to a zoo or aquarium, then remember the adventure afterwards.<\/p>\n

Hop, slither, or crawl on over to Growing with Science Blog<\/a> to learn more and see some activity suggestions to accompany the book.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2021 Roberta Gibson<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We don’t usually think of board books when we hear the word STEM, but board books like Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Gareth Lucas are going to change that. The book introduces babies and toddlers to eight weirdly-fascinating animals:\u00a0 the pangolin (mammal with scales!), ocean sunfish, glass frog, … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[53],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up","tag-odd-beasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-j4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1570,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/britannicas-encyclopedia-infographica\/","url_meta":{"origin":1182,"position":0},"title":"Britannica’s Encyclopedia Infographica","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"January 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts & Figures--about Earth, space, animals, the body, technology & more--Revealed in Pictures by Valentina D\u2019Efilippo (Illustrator), Andrew Pettie (Author), Conrad Quilty-Harper (Author) @ Amazon* | Bookshop* Booktalk: This authoritative encyclopedia is perfect for visual learners: it reveals astonishing information about space, Earth, animals, humans,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "STEM Friday Round-up"","block_context":{"text":"STEM Friday Round-up","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/category\/stem-friday-round-up\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/infographiafc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":213,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/weird-animals\/","url_meta":{"origin":1182,"position":1},"title":"Weird Animals","author":"Sue Heavenrich","date":"January 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Weird Animals by Mary Kay Carson 32 pages; ages 6 - 10 Sterling Children\u2019s Books, 2019 Slime-oozing slugs, red-lipped fish, spine-covered bugs, and tube-nosed bats. 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