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LitLinks: Color Science, Inventions and Language Arts with THE CRAYON MAN: THE TRUE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF CRAYOLA CRAYONS

July 24, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER: NATASCHA BIEBOW The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola […]

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LitLinks: Who Can Write Autobiographies? Students, That’s Who!

July 17, 2019

GUEST BLOGGER: TRACY NELSON MAURER Inspire Student Writers with STEM Biographies as Mentor Texts Picture-book […]

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GUEST BLOGGER: ANITA SILVEY While I was working on a biography of Jane Goodall (Untamed: […]

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LitLinks: BLAST OFF! to the Sun and the Moon — the Brightest Objects in Earth’s Sky

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GUEST BLOGGER: MARY KAY CARSON How does someone become an astrophysicist, a meteorologist, an inventor, […]

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GUEST BLOGGER: MEGHAN McCARTHY Pop: The Invention of Bubble Gum tells the story of a […]

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GUEST BLOGGER: ANITA SANCHEZ Choosing words In writing, words are all we have to evoke […]

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    • 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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    • How I got my start
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