{"id":509,"date":"2019-09-06T03:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=509"},"modified":"2019-08-24T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T01:15:43","slug":"the-secret-life-of-the-skunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/the-secret-life-of-the-skunk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Life of the Skunk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Secret Life of the Skunk<\/strong> <\/em>(Secret Life series)
\nby Laurence Pringle; illus by Kate Garchinsky
\n32 pages; ages 6-9
\nBoyds Mills Press, 2019<\/p>\n

This book takes us inside the underground burrow of a striped skunk and her kits. The burrow is a cozy place, lined with soft leaves and grasses. It\u2019s filled with warmth, earthy smells, and mama skunk\u2019s musky scent. As the kits grow, they begin exploring outside the den. Eventually mama takes them on a foraging expedition, digging up beetle grubs to show them how to find food.<\/p>\n

What I like about this book:<\/span><\/em> Kate Garchinsky\u2019s illustrations are so soft that you almost feel the furry little kits. And Laurence Pringle finds the best words to describe skunk sounds: squeak, squeal, churr, twitter. I love the narrative arc of the story told over one season of the skunks\u2019 lives: from birth in the spring, through summer growth, and into the fall when they are preparing for winter dormancy. I also like the back matter where you can learn a lot more about skunks, check out words in the glossary, and find a short list of books about skunks.<\/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":"

The Secret Life of the Skunk (Secret Life series) by Laurence Pringle; illus by Kate Garchinsky 32 pages; ages 6-9 Boyds Mills Press, 2019 This book takes us inside the underground burrow of a striped skunk and her kits. The burrow is a cozy place, lined with soft leaves and grasses. It\u2019s filled with warmth, … <\/p>\n

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