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LitLinks: 3 easy ways to talk plastic trash with me

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to talk plastic trash with me

Mar 27, 2024

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Since Annie Crawley and I created Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific...

LitLinks: How to use a baby book as an interdisciplinary powerhouse

LitLinks: How to use a baby book as an interdisciplinary powerhouse

Mar 20, 2024

GUEST BLOGGER CARRIE A. PEARSON A picture book biography of medical luminary Dr. Virginia Apgar...

LitLinks: How to decide your nonfiction point of view character

LitLinks: How to decide your nonfiction point of view character

Mar 6, 2024

GUEST BLOGGER ANITA SANCHEZ In writing nonfiction, one of the first—and hardest–choices to make is...

LitLinks: How to read to discover the power of word choices

LitLinks: How to read to discover the power of word choices

Feb 28, 2024

GUEST BLOGGER HEATHER L. MONTGOMERY Most students don’t realize that when they have a pencil...

LitLinks: 3 ways kids can tackle their climate anxiety

LitLinks: 3 ways kids can tackle their climate anxiety

Jan 31, 2024

GUEST BLOGGER LAURA GEHL Have you heard about “climate anxiety”? Climate anxiety, or eco-anxiety, is...

LitLinks: The sneaky truth about sneakers

LitLinks: The sneaky truth about sneakers

Aug 16, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JULIE DANNEBERG Athletic shoes, or sneakers, are everywhere, worn by young and old,...

LitLinks: Now students decide the Mars Rover’s final chapter

LitLinks: Now students decide the Mars Rover’s final chapter

Jun 28, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXANDRA SIY Go 303,000,000 miles The book Cars on Mars: Roving the Red...

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

May 17, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER CARRIE A. PEARSON Caricature of President Barack Obama Caricature: ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr – “exaggeration by...

LitLinks: An easy lesson to help students write a desert rap

LitLinks: An easy lesson to help students write a desert rap

Mar 15, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DARCY PATTISON What is rap? It’s a poetic form that plays with rhymes:...

LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

Mar 8, 2023

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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
    • 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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