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LitLinks: Nature journals can make your students expert observers

LitLinks: Nature journals can make your students expert observers

May 16, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER MARY KAY CARSON Animal Watching is a book built for the outdoors. Its...

LitLinks: Use the life of coronavirus detective to unlock student questions

LitLinks: Use the life of coronavirus detective to unlock student questions

Apr 28, 2021

GUEST BLOGGER SUZANNE SLADE Coronaviruses in our world today Covid-19 has changed life as we...

LitLinks: How to share our ocean connections with kids and teens

LitLinks: How to share our ocean connections with kids and teens

Apr 14, 2021

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Planet Ocean is about connections. Academy Award-winng actor and environmentalist Jeff Bridges...

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: 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: 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: 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: Use this not that–making eco-friendly choices

LitLinks: Use this not that–making eco-friendly choices

Jul 22, 2020

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN It’s summer! Time to play on the beach or stroll by the...

LitLinks: #ShutDownSTEM

LitLinks: #ShutDownSTEM

Jun 10, 2020

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  • Home
  • 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?
  • Contact
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