{"id":1283,"date":"2022-05-02T05:40:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:25:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:25:33","slug":"time-to-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/time-to-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Time to Shine: Celebrating the World’s Iridescent Animals<\/em>
\nby Karen Jameson (Author) and Dave Murray (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a> | IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Have you ever noticed the rainbow-like shimmer on certain bird feathers, insect bodies and animal scales? This effect, called iridescence, changes depending on the angle from which its viewed, and animals across the globe use the effect to both blend in and stand out. Take a closer look at these creatures and their sparkly “clothes” with rhyming couplets and prose text with further context for each animal\u2019s particular environment and adaptation.<\/p>\n

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Linda is hosting Poetry Friday at A Word Edgewise<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2022 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time to Shine: Celebrating the World’s Iridescent Animals by Karen Jameson (Author) and Dave Murray (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: Have you ever noticed the rainbow-like shimmer on certain bird feathers, insect bodies and animal scales? This effect, called iridescence, changes depending on the angle from which its viewed, and animals across … <\/p>\n

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