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LitLinks: How to use sharks to practice public speaking skills

LitLinks: How to use sharks to practice public speaking skills

Oct 15, 2025

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN In Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger, readers will...

LitLinks: An easy 6-step lesson to teach point of view

LitLinks: An easy 6-step lesson to teach point of view

Oct 8, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER LESLIE BARNARD BOOTH When I was a child, I loved taking on new...

LitLinks: How to make your own stream table to understand rivers, a 5E lesson

LitLinks: How to make your own stream table to understand rivers, a 5E lesson

Oct 1, 2025

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Warning! This project is full of hands-on project-based learning (PBL) at its...

LitLinks: True story or science fiction? How to find the truth!

LitLinks: True story or science fiction? How to find the truth!

Sep 24, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK An alien spacecraft has arrived on Earth, carrying intelligent beings. Is...

LitLinks: Think like a conservationist!

LitLinks: Think like a conservationist!

Sep 17, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER KATE RIETEMA Objective Students will be able to explain how regional climates affected...

LitLinks: An easy food web simulation that opens eyes (and hearts)

LitLinks: An easy food web simulation that opens eyes (and hearts)

Aug 20, 2025

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN I had the good fortune to work with a group of environmental...

LitLinks: Imagine your own alien, an easy STEM + literacy lesson 

LitLinks: Imagine your own alien, an easy STEM + literacy lesson 

Aug 6, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK The year is 2033 and an alien spacecraft has arrived on...

LitLinks: Great ideas to help students practice the art of asking questions

LitLinks: Great ideas to help students practice the art of asking questions

Jul 9, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER JESSICA FRIES-GAITHER Asking and answering questions is at the heart of every scientific...

LitLinks: 3 easy ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language

LitLinks: 3 easy ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language

Jul 2, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER DEIRDRE LAIDE SHIPWRECK is a lyrical nonfiction picture book for children aged 7...

LitLinks: How to use fireflies to help teach persuasive writing

LitLinks: How to use fireflies to help teach persuasive writing

Jun 18, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER COLLEEN PAEFF Persuasion is an art, and like any art it requires practice....

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    • 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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