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LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

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BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Many of the teachers I speak with are not finding the info-licious...

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LitLinks: How to connect biomimicry problem-solving and tanka

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

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BY PATRICIA NEWMAN Today we give thanks for YOU! Your industrious LitLink bloggers are taking...

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    • A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn
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    • 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
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