{"id":467,"date":"2019-08-16T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=467"},"modified":"2019-07-22T18:02:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T01:02:31","slug":"a-happy-bluebird-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/a-happy-bluebird-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Happy Bluebird Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"My Happy Year by E.Bluebird<\/strong><\/em> (A Nature Diary)
\nby Paul Meisel
\n40 pages; ages 4 – 8
\nHoliday House, 2019<\/p>\n

Today is my birthday! I can\u2019t see yet. When I stick my head up and open my beak, Mom and Dad feed me.<\/em><\/p>\n

E. Bluebird has a good life: loving parents who feed her beetles and crickets, a cozy nest, and fancy new feathers on her wings. Even when her parents want E to leave the nest (she\u2019s afraid of heights\u2026) they still feed her. But when E. does take that leap out of the nest, she discovers flight.<\/p>\n

What I like about this book<\/span>: It\u2019s fun to read. Plus, who knew that bluebirds keep journals? For example:
\nJuly 4 ~ Flight is amazing! \u2026 Everything is so beautiful from up here.<\/em> (Apparently she didn\u2019t notice the owl watching her.) Plus we get to tag along on her migration flight there and back and watch her get on with bluebird life.<\/p>\n

I also like the creative use of end pages. That\u2019s where Paul Meisel puts the sort of things that one might usually find in back matter: a range map; information about bluebirds in the wild; links for how to build a bluebird house; lyrics to their songs; and a short glossary.<\/p>\n

A couple years ago Meisel wrote another book from the point of view of a praying mantis. you can find my review of My Awesome Summer, by P. Mantis<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Head over to Archimedes Notebook<\/a> for some Beyond the Book activities.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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 2019 Sue Heavenrich <\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Happy Year by E.Bluebird (A Nature Diary) by Paul Meisel 40 pages; ages 4 – 8 Holiday House, 2019 Today is my birthday! I can\u2019t see yet. When I stick my head up and open my beak, Mom and Dad feed me. E. Bluebird has a good life: loving parents who feed her beetles … <\/p>\n

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