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LitLinks: The most popular STEAM posts for summer fun

LitLinks: The most popular STEAM posts for summer fun

Jun 29, 2022

My kids and I loved summer. We swam, we baked, we hiked, and we did...

LitLinks: The secrets of the bristlecone

LitLinks: The secrets of the bristlecone

Jun 22, 2022

The world’s oldest tree is more than 5,000 years old. It grows in a secret...

LitLinks: Two ways to uncover nature’s secrets using STEM kidlit

LitLinks: Two ways to uncover nature’s secrets using STEM kidlit

Jun 8, 2022

Growing up in Southern California with a biologist father and librarian mother, my childhood was...

LitLinks: Show students how to be animal allies and uncover careers in ecology

LitLinks: Show students how to be animal allies and uncover careers in ecology

Jun 1, 2022

We can all be Animal Allies Students today are eager to engage in the environment,...

LitLinks: Put students’ persuasive writing skills to the BUGS challenge

LitLinks: Put students’ persuasive writing skills to the BUGS challenge

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Bug prep Eating insects. Crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, and more. It’s a practice called entomophagy...

LitLinks: Let’s investigate why flies are important to nature

LitLinks: Let’s investigate why flies are important to nature

May 18, 2022

13 Ways to Eat a Fly is a counting-backwards book, a food-web look, and a...

LitLinks: 3 great ways to discover how complexity improves the habitats of migrating birds

LitLinks: 3 great ways to discover how complexity improves the habitats of migrating birds

May 11, 2022

Migrating birds need complexity Spring is a time to welcome back migrating birds from their...

LitLinks: How to write fiction like a scientist – think disasters

LitLinks: How to write fiction like a scientist – think disasters

Apr 27, 2022

The Halley Harper: Science Girl Extraordinaire series takes readers on a STEM adventure with a...

LitLinks: How a fictional tale makes children curious about trees

LitLinks: How a fictional tale makes children curious about trees

Apr 20, 2022

Apple and Magnolia is a fictional story about a little girl named Britta who is...

LitLinks: How your students can imitate a Nobel prize scientist!

LitLinks: How your students can imitate a Nobel prize scientist!

Apr 13, 2022

What is the Nobel Prize? On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish man, signed...

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  • 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
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    • Calendar
  • Blog
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    • LitLinks
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  • Writer Resources
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