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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
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LitLinks: Solve the Drinking Straw Mystery

LitLinks: Solve the Drinking Straw Mystery

May 13, 2020

Note to educators My new STEM PLAY books, Why Can I Suck Through a Straw? ...

LitLinks: Shining a light on injustice

LitLinks: Shining a light on injustice

May 6, 2020

Technology can play an important role in fighting for the rights of people in disadvantaged...

LitLinks: If Sun Could Speak – activities about night and day

LitLinks: If Sun Could Speak – activities about night and day

Apr 29, 2020

Does the sun rise? Children experience the world differently than adults. They might notice the...

LitLinks: Bring science to life this Earth Day

LitLinks: Bring science to life this Earth Day

Apr 22, 2020

Happy Earth Day! Instead of gathering in parks, forests, oceans to celebrate our beautiful planet,...

LitLinks: Earth Day and ocean plastic

LitLinks: Earth Day and ocean plastic

Apr 15, 2020

In preparation for Earth Day on April 22, I thought I would focus this blog...

LitLinks: Re-engineering the airplane

Apr 8, 2020

Beyond the Wright Brothers In 1903, the Wright Brothers invented the first successful airplane, which...

LitLinks: Math + financial literacy connections to a non-STEM title

LitLinks: Math + financial literacy connections to a non-STEM title

Apr 1, 2020

Finding math in a non-STEM book In most of the LitLinks posts in this blog...

LitLinks: Turn teens into COVID-19 investigators

LitLinks: Turn teens into COVID-19 investigators

Mar 25, 2020

COVID-19: One of the biggest science stories of our lives Hello! My name is Anna...

LitLinks: Tanka poetry brings scientific observations to life

LitLinks: Tanka poetry brings scientific observations to life

Mar 18, 2020

Observations and tanka Biologist Ernest Everett Just enjoyed reading and writing poetry. In fact, his...

LitLinks: Magnification – an up close look at bugs, spiders, and math

LitLinks: Magnification – an up close look at bugs, spiders, and math

Mar 11, 2020

Up close with picture books Nonfiction trade books offer interdisciplinary opportunities for students to read,...

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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?
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    • Stay In Touch
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive