{"id":1485,"date":"2023-06-02T05:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2023-06-01T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T22:03:04","slug":"a-home-for-every-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/a-home-for-every-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"A Home for Every Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Home for Every Plant: Wonders of the Botanical World<\/em>
\nby Matthew Biggs (Author) and Lucila Perini (Artist)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Journey across 40 habitats around the world to discover the biggest, boldest, and stinkiest plants in this illustrated middle grade book.<\/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 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Home for Every Plant: Wonders of the Botanical World by Matthew Biggs (Author) and Lucila Perini (Artist) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Journey across 40 habitats around the world to discover the biggest, boldest, and stinkiest plants in this illustrated middle grade book. Snippet: It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) … <\/p>\n

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