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LitLinks: Surprise! Walruses can help you teach reading + phonics

LitLinks: Surprise! Walruses can help you teach reading + phonics

Jan 11, 2023

Animals make sounds for many reasons, usually to communicate. The walrus is one of the...

LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

Jan 4, 2023

In PECULIAR PRIMATES, kids learn strange ways some primates look or act. In this lesson,...

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

Dec 21, 2022

As we gallop headlong into the holidays, I thought it might be fun to think...

LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

Dec 14, 2022

Whale Fall Cafe takes readers into the deep sea where they discover an amazing ecosystem...

LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

Dec 7, 2022

In Daisy Woodworm Changes the World, 13-year-old Daisy–who speaks with a lisp–finds that her passion for...

LitLinks: Show students how to play with point of view to improve informational writing

LitLinks: Show students how to play with point of view to improve informational writing

Nov 30, 2022

Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill is all about the central role that krill...

LitLinks: Time to give thanks for our amazing bloggers and readers

LitLinks: Time to give thanks for our amazing bloggers and readers

Nov 23, 2022

Today we give thanks for YOU! Your industrious LitLink bloggers are taking a week off...

LitLinks: How to use wolves to write a fun chain tale

LitLinks: How to use wolves to write a fun chain tale

Nov 16, 2022

The River That Wolves Moved tells the true tale of how re-wilding gray wolves into...

LitLinks: Can good worry ignite inquiry? Let’s find out.

LitLinks: Can good worry ignite inquiry? Let’s find out.

Nov 2, 2022

As book creators and educators, we know that wonder is an ignitor for inquiry. But...

LitLinks: 2 ways to practice observation and perspective with kids

LitLinks: 2 ways to practice observation and perspective with kids

Oct 26, 2022

In BIG BEAR AND LITTLE FISH, Bear believes she has nothing in common with Fish....

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  • 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
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    • LitLinks
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  • Writer Resources
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