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    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
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LitLinks: How your students can imitate a Nobel prize scientist!

LitLinks: How your students can imitate a Nobel prize scientist!

Apr 13, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER DARCY PATTISON What is the Nobel Prize? On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel,...

LitLinks: The BEST Earth Day lessons connecting us to nature

LitLinks: The BEST Earth Day lessons connecting us to nature

Apr 6, 2022

COMPILED BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Happy Earth Day 2022! Are you looking for ways to connect...

LitLinks: How to transform a simple cardboard box into a robot

LitLinks: How to transform a simple cardboard box into a robot

Mar 30, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK Robots can vacuum floors, mow lawns, and even milk cows. But...

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: How does a school garden sprout young readers? Find out in 4 easy lessons!

LitLinks: How does a school garden sprout young readers? Find out in 4 easy lessons!

Mar 16, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER CAROLINE ARNOLD The kindergarteners in Room 6 are growing a salad! Their teacher...

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 practice poetic form and visual literacy in science poetry

LitLinks: 3 easy ways to practice poetic form and visual literacy in science poetry

Mar 2, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER LESLIE BULION Serengeti: Plains of Grass invites readers to accompany the great migration...

LitLinks: How peach pits + WWI history = a great science lesson!

LitLinks: How peach pits + WWI history = a great science lesson!

Feb 23, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER SHANA KELLER In The Peach Pit Parade, a World War I Story, Polly...

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...

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    • 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
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  • Educator Resources
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
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    • LitLinks
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  • Writer Resources
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    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
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  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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