{"id":706,"date":"2020-02-21T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=706"},"modified":"2020-02-20T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T00:13:02","slug":"my-wild-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/my-wild-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"My Wild Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mywildcat-595x812.jpg?resize=525%2C716&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"716\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10706\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780802855251?aff=anasuen09\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.indiebound.org\/files\/indiebound\/images\/banners\/indiesRed2_161x41_10-26-15.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Support Independent Bookstores - Visit IndieBound.org\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2P9ExVC\">My Wild Cat<\/a><br \/>\nby Isabelle Simler (Author \/ Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> A merciless hunter, an unrivaled expert in stealth and deception&#8211;a cat is no ordinary pet! Sure, he may look harmless as he snoozes on the sofa, or under the rug, or on top of the radiator. Sure, he may seem sweet as he snuggles a stuffed animal, but don\u2019t let that fool you! When you least expect it, he\u2019ll pounce . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> At times, my fierce hunter goes on the attack. *<\/p>\n<p>*From the tips of its whiskers to the bottom of its chin, a cat is very sensitive to vibrations, which allows it to detect changes in air pressure and sense when obstacles are nearby.<\/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\/N9YKdfhD8mw?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\/N9YKdfhD8mw\" 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 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Wild Cat by Isabelle Simler (Author \/ Illustrator) Booktalk: A merciless hunter, an unrivaled expert in stealth and deception&#8211;a cat is no ordinary pet! Sure, he may look harmless as he snoozes on the sofa, or under the rug, or on top of the radiator. Sure, he may seem sweet as he snuggles a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/my-wild-cat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Wild Cat&#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-706","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-bo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1313,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/parts-of-a-whole\/","url_meta":{"origin":706,"position":0},"title":"Parts of a Whole","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"July 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Parts of a Whole by Magda Gargulakova (Author) and Federico Bonifacini (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: You may be surprised to learn how many individual parts make up the things around us. 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