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LitLinks: Build map-reading and compare- contrast skills with a tiny possum and a moth

LitLinks: Build map-reading and compare- contrast skills with a tiny possum and a moth

February 15, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JULIE MURPHY Preparation Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths is a nonfiction picture […]

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Franz Gsellman's Machine

LitLinks: How to integrate STEM and writing with a word bank

February 8, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER BETH ANDERSON In my process of writing FRANZ’S PHANTASMAGORICAL MACHINE, I did a […]

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Kingfisher inspires bullet train design

LitLinks: How to connect biomimicry problem-solving and tanka

February 1, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER CHRISTY HALE In Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World illustrations of plants and […]

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The night sky over Nubanusit Lake in New Hampshire

LitLinks: How to invent your own constellations to understand the night sky

January 25, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK What constellations do you recognize? If you live in North America, […]

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LitLinks: How to use trees to understand how we communicate

January 18, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER SAMANTHA M. CLARK The science of our natural world feeds my books, like […]

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Walruses

LitLinks: Surprise! Walruses can help you teach reading + phonics

January 11, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JANET LAWLER Animals make sounds for many reasons, usually to communicate. The walrus […]

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LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

January 4, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DEBRA KEMPF SHUMAKER In PECULIAR PRIMATES, kids learn strange ways some primates look […]

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Kids + STEM

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

December 21, 2022

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN As we gallop headlong into the holidays, I thought it might be […]

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Whale Fall discovery by Nautilus

LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

December 14, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER JACQUIE SEWALL Whale Fall Cafe takes readers into the deep sea where they […]

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LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

December 7, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MELISSA HART In Daisy Woodworm Changes the World, 13-year-old Daisy–who speaks with a lisp–finds […]

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  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • Calendar
  • Blog
  • Educator Resources
    • Teach the Hope
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • Teacher Guides
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • LitLinks
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
    • How I got my start
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
  • Contact
    • Stay In Touch
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive