­
  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • 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
    • Stay In Touch
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
Patricia NewmanPatricia Newman
Sibert Honor Children's Book Author & Environmentalist
  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • 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
    • Stay In Touch
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive

    LitLinks

    LitLinks: Easy foldable activity to illustrate the plant cycle

    LitLinks: Easy foldable activity to illustrate the plant cycle

    Dec 1, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER DEBBIE GONZALES The plant cycle I recently crafted a CCSS & NGSS-aligned discussion/activity...

    LitLinks: Giving thanks for our tremendous bloggers and readers

    LitLinks: Giving thanks for our tremendous bloggers and readers

    Nov 24, 2021

    BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Your faithful bloggers are taking a week off to give thanks for...

    LitLinks: 5 ways to engage students with water

    LitLinks: 5 ways to engage students with water

    Nov 17, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER CHRISTY MIHALY I’m excited to share my new book, Barefoot Books WATER: A...

    LitLinks: Underpants exposed! Exciting activities about covering our buns

    LitLinks: Underpants exposed! Exciting activities about covering our buns

    Nov 10, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER CHRISTINE VAN ZANDT Read about underpants From bloomers to boxers, everyone wears underwear!...

    LitLinks: 5 easy ways to make scientists relatable for your students

    LitLinks: 5 easy ways to make scientists relatable for your students

    Nov 3, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER DR. LAURA GEHL Who Is a Scientist? is about showing students that scientists...

    LitLinks: Watch kindness multiply! Easy math + ELA connections

    LitLinks: Watch kindness multiply! Easy math + ELA connections

    Oct 27, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER SARAH LYNN SCHEERGER What is altruism? How does it help us all? Altruism...

    LitLinks: Easy way to practice students’ primary source interview skills

    LitLinks: Easy way to practice students’ primary source interview skills

    Oct 20, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK I once spoke to an expert on parallel universes while he...

    LitLinks: Measure twice, cut once–measurement as a math and science skill

    LitLinks: Measure twice, cut once–measurement as a math and science skill

    Oct 13, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER LAURA PURDIE SALAS In my picture book If You Want to Knit Some...

    LitLinks: Can smoke be useful? A research challenge for students

    LitLinks: Can smoke be useful? A research challenge for students

    Oct 6, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER HENRY HERZ Pre-reading I Am Smoke is a spare, lyrical, “autobiographical” account of...

    LitLinks: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

    LitLinks: Why Wonder Woman is great for teaching the senses

    Oct 3, 2021

    GUEST BLOGGER KIRSTEN W. LARSON A special Sunday edition of the popular LitLinks blog series...

    • 1
    • 2
    • …
    • 18
    • 19
    • 20
    • …
    • 32
    • 33

    Click the logo to have LitLinks delivered to your inbox

    LitLinks Logo-2022

    Author Visits

    Video Player
    https://youtu.be/zj6n-RFOcPA?si=8WCTnyXbTiwYumYo
    00:00
    00:00
    00:47
    Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.
    Video Player
    https://youtu.be/ziN0UrqaDYI
    00:00
    00:00
    01:39
    Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.

    Earth Day Every Day Newsletter Archive

    Earth-Day-Every-Day-newsletter-banner

    Post Categories:

    Blog Archive

    Top Posts

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

    LitLinks: Let’s learn to decode photos in STEM nonfiction

    LitLinks: How Elephants Can Make Your Sound Unit ROAR!

    LitLinks: Easy ways to build students’ science communication skills

    Proof that science connects kids to the larger world

    Recent Comments

    • Danna Smith on LitLinks: Did you know goats can teach children about homonyms? I love this series of books!
    • Raven Howell on LitLinks: Did you know goats can teach children about homonyms? Absolutely love this piece you wrote! Thanks for sharing your…
    • Annie Lynn on LitLinks: 3 easy ways to use animals to introduce onomatopoeia Wonderful idea to link sounds and musical instruments to nature…
    Empowering young readers to act

    Latest Blog Posts

    • LitLinks: Teaching free verse poetry through and about nature
      LitLinks: Teaching free verse poetry through and about nature
    • LitLinks: How to use conservation to invigorate student writing
      LitLinks: How to use conservation to invigorate student writing
    • LitLinks: How playing with existing ideas might lead to new ones
      LitLinks: How playing with existing ideas might lead to new ones

    Connect with me on social media

    Action Shots

    Check out the STEM Tuesday Blog

    © 2025 — Patricia Newman

    • Home
    • Books
      • 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
      • STEM + Literacy Activities
      • Teacher Guides
      • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
      • 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
      • Stay In Touch
      • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive

    Notifications