{"id":1746,"date":"2025-01-24T05:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T22:15:22","slug":"healthy-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/healthy-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/healthybrainfc-960x1257.jpg?resize=525%2C687&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"687\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22973\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Healthy Brain (Healthy and Happy) <\/em><br \/>\nby Peggy Snow (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3E9SGib\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781632357977\">Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> This middle grade book shares six steps kids can take to lead happy and healthy lives by maintaining healthy brains.<\/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\/2025\/01\/healthybrainint.webp?resize=525%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"343\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22974\" \/><\/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 STEM Friday! 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