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  • Books
    • 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
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Writers write all kinds of things

Not every idea I have is a book. I also write magazine articles (most lately with my daughter) and lots of other things.

Magazine articles for kids

Ask, “Something New at the Zoo” with Elise Newman (May/June 2015)

ASK May-June 2015

ASK May-June 2015

Odyssey, “Their Trunks Are Packed: Elephants on the Move” with Elise Newman (October 2014)

Highlights, “Flying Copycats” (October 2013)

AppleSeeds, “Nature’s Superheroes” with Elise Newman (January 2013)

AppleSeeds, “Let’s Get ‘Em, Hank!” (April 2012)

Highlights High Five, “Trucks at Work” (February 2008)

AppleSeeds, “Rain Forest Hero” (September 2005)

Boys’ Quest, “Carl Gorman: Navajo Code Talker” (December 2004)

National Geographic for Kids, “Kids Saving the Rainforest” (November/December 2002)

Storyworks, “Author Secret: Wendelin Van Draanen” (September 2002)

AppleSeeds, “Elisa Kleven: From Scraps to Magic” (May 2002)

Spider, “My Brother, Josh” (June 2000)

AIM: America’s Intercultural Magazine, “Carl Gorman: Navajo Code Talker” (Winter 2000

Selected articles for adults

Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market, “Mainstreaming the Graphic Novel” (2007)

California Kids!, monthly column titled “Who Wrote That?” (February 1999 – present)

Gainesville Family Magazine, monthly column titled “Who Wrote That?” (August 2002 – December 2002)

South Florida Parenting, monthly column titled “Who Wrote That?” (November 1999 – September 2002)

California Kids!, “Let Them Be Kids” (March 1999)

California Kids!, “Holiday Baking: Ho Ho Ho or Bah Humbug?” (December 1998)

Testing passages

National Geographic School Publishing

  • “California Gold” (September 2007)
  • “Leaving South Africa” (September 2007)
  • “Saving the World” (October 2007)
  • “What’s Your Carbon Footprint?” (October 2007)
  • “Penicillin: The Wonder Drug” (October 2007)
  • “On the Tip of Your Tongue” (October 2007)
  • “Changing to Survive” (November 2007)
  • Writing Prompts (January 2008)

Subscription reading software

Total Reader (online subscription reading program), (2005-2006)

  • “Did Lyman Gilmore Beat the Wright Brothers?”
  • “Sherlock Homes: The Nose That Knows”
  • “Carl Gorman: Navajo Code Talker”
  • “The Bird is Barking”
  • “Cinnamon Toast with Wings”
  • “Runaway!”
  • “Kids Saving the Rainforest”

 

Author/Illustrator Profiles

  • Mini Grey
  • Jeff Stone
  • Karen Cushman
  • Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Douglas Florian
  • Mo Willems
  • Bruce Coville
  • Deborah Nourse Lattimore
  • Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
  • Wendelin Van Draanen

 

SIRS Discoverer Database

  • Many author profiles
  • “Carl Gorman: Navajo Code Talker” (2005)
  • “My Brother, Josh” (2001)
Empowering young readers to act

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  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • LitLinks
    • Teacher Guides
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
  • Contact
    • Stay In Touch