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LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

Jul 26, 2023

Did you catch my previous nonfiction kidlit post? In March of 2021, I posted a...

LitLinks: Combine #SEL and #STEM with these 3 easy lessons

LitLinks: Combine #SEL and #STEM with these 3 easy lessons

Jul 19, 2023

What is #SEL? The CASEL #SEL framework According to the Collaboration for Academic, Social and...

LitLinks: 3 easy animal lessons to excite kids about nature

LitLinks: 3 easy animal lessons to excite kids about nature

Jul 12, 2023

I love animals. I’ve written several books about animals, including sea otters, rhinos, black-footed ferrets,...

LitLinks: How to celebrate #PlasticFreeJuly and be a voice for change

LitLinks: How to celebrate #PlasticFreeJuly and be a voice for change

Jul 5, 2023

Ever since I wrote Plastic, Ahoy!, my news feed is jammed with ocean plastic information...

LitLinks: What’s the best way to study live marine life?

LitLinks: What’s the best way to study live marine life?

Jun 21, 2023

My new addition to the Moments in Science series, AQUARIUM: How Jeannette Power Invented the...

LitLinks: Let’s compare and contrast warm vs. cool colors

LitLinks: Let’s compare and contrast warm vs. cool colors

Jun 14, 2023

ABLAZE WITH COLOR – A Story of Painter Alma Thomas (HarperCollins, 2022) was chosen for...

LitLinks: How to harness the fire of the stars to cook s’mores

LitLinks: How to harness the fire of the stars to cook s’mores

Jun 7, 2023

In my latest nonfiction picture book, THE FIRE OF STARS: The Life and Brilliance of...

LitLinks:  How to shine a light on LIGHT with art and literature

LitLinks: How to shine a light on LIGHT with art and literature

May 31, 2023

Around the world, light delivers messages. Drivers use red, green, and yellow stoplights to see...

LitLinks: How to find the STEAM in one small act of kindness

LitLinks: How to find the STEAM in one small act of kindness

May 24, 2023

I’m Marsha Diane Arnold, author of One Small Thing, a picture book about how one...

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

May 17, 2023

Caricature of President Barack Obama Caricature: ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr – “exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion...

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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?
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