{"id":692,"date":"2020-05-13T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T04:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/?p=692"},"modified":"2020-05-13T22:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T05:08:09","slug":"692","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/2020\/05\/13\/692\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by Ryan McLean and Isaac Lewis (EA)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everybody Needs a Rock\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tOK_5tV_jaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"bookTitle\" class=\"gr-h1 gr-h1--serif\">Everybody Needs a Rock<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">by Byrd Baylor was published in 1974. The story outlines ten simple, but important rules to finding the perfect rock and inspires the reader to follow the rules and go out to find their own special rock.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Everybody Needs A Rock Rules:<br \/>\nFind your rock anywhere.<br \/>\nShhhhhh\u2026 choose a rock quietly.<br \/>\nLook at your rock eye to eye.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t choose a rock that\u2019s too big.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t choose a rock that\u2019s too small.<br \/>\nChoose a rock that fits into your hand.<br \/>\nLook for the perfect color.<br \/>\nChoose a rock that has an interesting shape.<br \/>\nSniff your rock. (they all smell different!)<br \/>\nDon\u2019t ask for help. You can do this all by yourself.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRqYwoLXxS7EC27fIpo57PFpJ7lR_C8c0-Ve25NRasJqOCwukdf&amp;usqp=CAU\" alt=\"Messages on rocks help one neighborhood cope with coronavirus ...\"><\/p>\n<p>The underlying message of this book may be that everyone needs something solid to hold onto during challenging times.&nbsp; It is also a gentle reminder to take time to notice and connect to nature and to the things that really matter.<\/p>\n<p>Adrienne Gear suggests (in her blog) to create &#8220;A Giving Back Rock&#8221; by painting a special word or message on a rock and leave it outside of someone else to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Adrienne Gear for sharing these ideas to encourage all of us to be present with nature, especially on this upcoming May Long Weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor was published in 1974. The story outlines ten simple, but important rules to finding the perfect rock and inspires the reader to follow the rules and go out to find their own special rock. Everybody Needs A Rock Rules: Find your rock anywhere. Shhhhhh\u2026 choose a rock quietly. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":636,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}