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LitLinks: How to add hope to environmental literacy lessons

March 25, 2026

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Do you feel inundated with bad news about the environment? I know […]

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LitLinks: 3 easy ways animal action verbs encourage reading and writing

May 13, 2026

GUEST BLOGGERS TORY CHRISTIE and LUCIANA NAVARRO POWELL While Earth Day has passed, every day […]

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LitLinks: Students share ocean knowledge in a class museum

May 6, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER LAURA PERDEW The goal of this activity is to raise awareness among students […]

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LitLinks: Easy lesson integrating music, science, and history with birdsong

April 29, 2026

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Beatrice and the Nightingale is the story of a famous cellist who […]

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LitLinks: How to help students see connections in vernal pools

April 22, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER LINDA BOOTH SWEENEY Each spring, as snow melts and rains thrummmmm!, temporary pools […]

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LitLinks: A simple flower activity to help students develop their sense of smell and descriptive language

April 15, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER MÉLINA MANGAL Flowers Bloom is the fifth book in the nature-based Outside Our […]

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LitLinks: SEL skills connected to successful student outcomes in any of the STEM fields

April 8, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER ERIN DEALEY I think my fascination with shadows began in elementary school. When […]

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April 1, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER BONNIE KELSO Children often assume that taking a bath has to involve soap. […]

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LitLinks: Have fun with light with 3 easy experiments

March 18, 2026

GUEST BLOGGER HENRY HERZ Told in lyrical, riddling first-person narrative, Light boasts of its essential […]

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LitLinks: How to make a carousel, an engineering design lesson

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GUEST BLOGGER HEATHER PREUSSER It’s merry-go-round mischief for Hitch the hedgehog! Hitch, a hardboiled hedgehog […]

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  • Home
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    • Beatrice and the Nightingale
    • Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger
    • Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea
    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
    • Planet Ocean
    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
    • Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    • Ebola: Fears and Facts
    • Jingle the Brass
    • Nugget on the Flight Deck
    • Surviving Animal Attacks
    • Elite Operations series
    • Energy Lab series
    • QuickReads Fluency Library
    • Books for English language-learners
    • Writers write all kinds of things
  • Author Visit Programs
    • FAQs
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    • LitLinks
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
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    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
    • How I got my start
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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