{"id":1785,"date":"2025-04-11T05:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T21:45:30","slug":"natures-tiny-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/natures-tiny-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature’s Tiny Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nature’s Tiny Champions: The Big Book of Little Creatures Doing Mighty Things<\/em>
\nby Ben Lerwill (Author) and Nic Jones (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Featuring 20 little animals, from the nocturnal dung beetle, cape dwarf chameleon, and golden poison frog to the bumblebee bat, reef starfish, and bee hummingbird, this oversized nonfiction guide reveals how even the tiniest insects, invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds can play key roles in natural phenomena such as migration, food chains, and pollination.<\/p>\n

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

Copyright \u00a9 2025 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature’s Tiny Champions: The Big Book of Little Creatures Doing Mighty Things by Ben Lerwill (Author) and Nic Jones (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Featuring 20 little animals, from the nocturnal dung beetle, cape dwarf chameleon, and golden poison frog to the bumblebee bat, reef starfish, and bee hummingbird, this oversized nonfiction guide reveals … <\/p>\n

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