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LitLinks: How students can use codes to turn messages into secrets

LitLinks: How students can use codes to turn messages into secrets

Aug 9, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER MARISSA MOSS In Talia’s Codebook: How Codes Help Us Think and Communicate, Talia...

LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

LitLinks: 4 cool ways to engage students with nonfiction kidlit

Jul 26, 2023

PATRICIA NEWMAN Did you catch my previous nonfiction kidlit post? In March of 2021, I...

LitLinks: 3 easy animal lessons to excite kids about nature

LitLinks: 3 easy animal lessons to excite kids about nature

Jul 12, 2023

PATRICIA NEWMAN I love animals. I’ve written several books about animals, including sea otters, rhinos,...

LitLinks: Now students decide the Mars Rover’s final chapter

LitLinks: Now students decide the Mars Rover’s final chapter

Jun 28, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXANDRA SIY Go 303,000,000 miles The book Cars on Mars: Roving the Red...

LitLinks: Let’s compare and contrast warm vs. cool colors

LitLinks: Let’s compare and contrast warm vs. cool colors

Jun 14, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JEANNE WALKER HARVEY ABLAZE WITH COLOR – A Story of Painter Alma Thomas...

LitLinks: How to harness the fire of the stars to cook s’mores

LitLinks: How to harness the fire of the stars to cook s’mores

Jun 7, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER KIRSTEN W. LARSON In my latest nonfiction picture book, THE FIRE OF STARS:...

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

LitLinks: How to BUST caricature and BUILD realism

May 17, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER CARRIE A. PEARSON Caricature of President Barack Obama Caricature: ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr – “exaggeration by...

LitLinks: How to use diverse kidlit to model STEM careers for BIPOC students

LitLinks: How to use diverse kidlit to model STEM careers for BIPOC students

May 8, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DR. DIEUWERTJE KAST Representation matters. The data shows that representation of yourself in...

LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

Mar 8, 2023

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

LitLinks: How to connect biomimicry problem-solving and tanka

LitLinks: How to connect biomimicry problem-solving and tanka

Feb 1, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER CHRISTY HALE In Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World illustrations of plants and...

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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
  • Author Visit Programs
    • FAQs
    • Calendar
  • Blog
  • Educator Resources
    • STEM + Literacy Activities
    • Teacher Guides
    • Earth Day Every Day newsletter archive
    • LitLinks
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  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
    • How I got my start
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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