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LitLinks: Exploring STEM Habits of Mind Through Characters in Stories

LitLinks: Exploring STEM Habits of Mind Through Characters in Stories

Mar 21, 2021

GUEST BLOGGERS DR. CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE AND CARRIE LAUNIUS A special Sunday edition of the...

LitLinks: Odd Bods – a celebration of being different

LitLinks: Odd Bods – a celebration of being different

Mar 17, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER JULIE MURPHY Odd Bods: The World’s Unusual Animals showcases an assortment of creatures...

LitLinks: Why does it rain? 5 ways to explore rain

LitLinks: Why does it rain? 5 ways to explore rain

Mar 10, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER ROSIE POVA What makes rain? Talk to students about rain. The heat from...

LitLinks: Let’s learn to decode photos in STEM nonfiction

LitLinks: Let’s learn to decode photos in STEM nonfiction

Mar 3, 2021

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Most of my nonfiction books are illustrated with photos of real people...

LitLinks: How to make spiders lovable with scientific classification

LitLinks: How to make spiders lovable with scientific classification

Feb 24, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER AUDREY SAUBLE Do you think that spiders are big, hairy, and horribly scary?...

LitLinks Sunday: 3 ways students can explore small matters in life

LitLinks Sunday: 3 ways students can explore small matters in life

Feb 21, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER HEATHER FERRANTI KINSER A special Sunday edition of the popular LitLinks blog series...

LitLinks: How to help students ask meaningful questions

LitLinks: How to help students ask meaningful questions

Feb 10, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER MICHELLE GARCIA ANDERSEN Hello Educators and Parents! Thank you for reading The Owl...

LitLinks: The science of the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters

LitLinks: The science of the slam-dunking, alley-ooping, high-flying Harlem Globetrotters

Feb 3, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER SUZANNE SLADE Who doesn’t love the Harlem Globetrotters? With their incredible ball-handling skills,...

LitLinks: Ghost Army engineering design challenge

LitLinks: Ghost Army engineering design challenge

Jan 27, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER KELLY MILNER HALLS The Ghost Army challenge Writing Voices of Ordinary Heroes sent...

LitLinks: Sea turtles + astronomy + light pollution = a writing jackpot

LitLinks: Sea turtles + astronomy + light pollution = a writing jackpot

Jan 20, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER MARSHA DIANE ARNOLD I’m Marsha Diane Arnold, author of Lights Out, a picture...

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    • Beatrice and the Nightingale
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    • 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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    • LitLinks
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