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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
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    LitLinks: Holiday greetings

    Dec 25, 2019

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    LitLinks: Crane and Crane – a lesson in homonyms and habitats

    LitLinks: Crane and Crane – a lesson in homonyms and habitats

    Dec 18, 2019

    GUEST BLOGGER LINDA JOY SINGLETON When my first non-fiction picture book, Crane and Crane, was...

    LitLinks: Hearing aid models inspire inclusion in the classroom

    LitLinks: Hearing aid models inspire inclusion in the classroom

    Dec 11, 2019

    GUEST BLOGGER DIEUWERTJE KAST Editor’s note: I’m thrilled to introduce my LitLinks readers to DJ...

    LitLinks: Code breakers, STEM, and history inspire fiction writing

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    Dec 4, 2019

    GUEST BLOGGER LISA L. OWENS Nonfiction books about historical events offer a great way for...

    LitLinks: Exploring animal adaptations leads to creative writing

    LitLinks: Exploring animal adaptations leads to creative writing

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    Nov 20, 2019

    GUEST BLOGGER TERESA ROBESON While Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the...

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    Nov 13, 2019

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    LitLinks: To the moon! Space exporation and literacy activities

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    Nov 6, 2019

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    LitLinks: Connecting water molecules to language arts

    LitLinks: Connecting water molecules to language arts

    Oct 23, 2019

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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
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      • FAQs
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