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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

GUEST BLOGGER ELIZABETH PAGEL-HOGAN We can all be Animal Allies Students today are eager to...

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

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

May 25, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MARY BOONE Bug prep Eating insects. Crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, and more. It’s...

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

GUEST BLOGGER SNEED B. COLLARD III Migrating birds need complexity Spring is a time to...

LitLinks: Let’s investigate evolution with an easy storytelling lesson

LitLinks: Let’s investigate evolution with an easy storytelling lesson

May 4, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER PAMELA S. TURNER In Step 7 of HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN: IN...

LitLinks: Best practices for making connections between kidlit and science

LitLinks: Best practices for making connections between kidlit and science

Mar 23, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER DR. CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE Often a question may arise about how to best...

LitLinks: Let’s investigate the miracle of phytoplankton, the ocean’s oxygen-makers

LitLinks: Let’s investigate the miracle of phytoplankton, the ocean’s oxygen-makers

Mar 9, 2022

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Every breath we take connects us to our ocean. Really? Yes! Tiny...

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to explore your drinking water

Feb 16, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER NANCY CASTALDO Water is life! All organisms on Earth need it to survive...

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

LitLinks: #KidsLoveNonfiction – Tell the New York Times you want best-seller lists for children’s nonfiction

Feb 14, 2022

GUEST BLOGGERS MARY ANN CAPPIELLO AND XENA HADJIOANNOU Announcing the #KidsLoveNonfiction Campaign This morning at...

LitLinks: Climb into the minds of scientists with biographies

LitLinks: Climb into the minds of scientists with biographies

Jan 26, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER J. CARRIE LAUNIUS AND CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE Science as a human endeavor: Biographies...

LitLinks: Voyager’s Golden Record: An easy classroom remix for your space unit

LitLinks: Voyager’s Golden Record: An easy classroom remix for your space unit

Dec 22, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXANDRA SIY The original Golden Record In 1977, NASA launched the twin Voyager...

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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
    • FAQs
    • Calendar
  • Blog
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    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
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    • 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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