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LitLinks: How need drives invention

LitLinks: How need drives invention

Jan 13, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER VIVIAN KIRKFIELD Curiosity sparks invention All aboard, educators! Whether you are a tenured...

LitLinks: How animal communication can help kids communicate better

LitLinks: How animal communication can help kids communicate better

Dec 23, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER LAUREL NEME Animal communication relies on both verbal and nonverbal cues—from vocalizations to...

LitLinks: Weeds! A free resource to connect science, literacy, and social-emotional learning

LitLinks: Weeds! A free resource to connect science, literacy, and social-emotional learning

Dec 16, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER CINDY JENSON-ELLIOTT Teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic has many of us scrambling for...

LitLinks: How animal adaptations connect to the accessories kids wear

LitLinks: How animal adaptations connect to the accessories kids wear

Dec 9, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER JENNA GRODZICKI Wild Style: Amazing Animal Adornments introduces the reader to animals that...

LitLinks: How to make STEM & literacy POP! off the page

LitLinks: How to make STEM & literacy POP! off the page

Dec 2, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ANNA CROWLEY REDDING Hello teachers and educators! Consider these examples where STEM and...

LitLinks: Are ghosts, zombies, and UFOs real? How to investigate like a scientist

LitLinks: Are ghosts, zombies, and UFOs real? How to investigate like a scientist

Nov 4, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK Do you think ghosts are real?  Have you ever seen one? ...

LitLinks: Going to the library teaches place value and classification

LitLinks: Going to the library teaches place value and classification

Oct 21, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXIS O’NEILL Melvil Dewey, a complicated, driven, creative person, is the subject of...

LitLinks: Icky & sweet – how to build a science key…with words

LitLinks: Icky & sweet – how to build a science key…with words

Oct 7, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER HEATHER L. MONTGOMERY Scientists use language skills all the time, but students rarely...

LitLinks: Surprise! Video game story elements improve student writing

LitLinks: Surprise! Video game story elements improve student writing

Sep 23, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER LINDA ZAJAC A surprising place to find story elements Minecraft, a popular computer...

LitLinks: Happy birthday to a computer called Katherine

LitLinks: Happy birthday to a computer called Katherine

Aug 26, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER SUZANNE SLADE From a computer called Katherine to NASA hero Today, August 26,...

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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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  • Writer Resources
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