{"id":1492,"date":"2023-06-23T05:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:18:24","slug":"finding-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/finding-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons<\/em>
\nby Laura Purdie Salas (Author) and Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Discover the true story of an orphaned mallard duckling being raised by a pair of loons on a lake in northern Wisconsin. <\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong> <\/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

The author, Laura Purdie Salas, is one of my former students<\/a>.<\/em>
\nCopyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons by Laura Purdie Salas (Author) and Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Discover the true story of an orphaned mallard duckling being raised by a pair of loons on a lake in northern Wisconsin. Snippet: It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) The … <\/p>\n

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