{"id":327,"date":"2019-03-22T08:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=327"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:47:38","slug":"the-everyday-journeys-of-ordinary-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/the-everyday-journeys-of-ordinary-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/everyday-journeys-cover-complete-front.png?resize=331%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friends.kanemiller.com\/everyday-journeys.html\">The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things<\/a><br \/>\nby Libby Deutsch (Author) and Valpuri Kerttula (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Young children are full of questions about how the world works; the processes and machinations behind the scenes. Why does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text? Where does your poo go when you flush?(!) All very good questions, and all explained&#8211;along with many more&#8211;with flowing illustrations and chunks of text from the early beginnings to the very end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8451\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/everyday-journeys-interior-595x353.png?resize=525%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/everyday-journeys-interior-2-595x353.png?resize=525%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4_jjwxrtns?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/p4_jjwxrtns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book trailer<\/a><\/em>.<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things by Libby Deutsch (Author) and Valpuri Kerttula (Illustrator) Booktalk: Young children are full of questions about how the world works; the processes and machinations behind the scenes. Why does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/the-everyday-journeys-of-ordinary-things\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary Things&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-5h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":502,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/migration-incredible-animal-journeys\/","url_meta":{"origin":327,"position":0},"title":"Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"August 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys by Mike Unwin (Author) and Jenni Desmond (Illustrator) Booktalk: Animals of all shapes and sizes make epic journeys across our planet, through harsh weather, avoiding hungry predators, in their efforts to survive. 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