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    • Planet Ocean
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    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
    • Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
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LitLinks: An easy food web simulation that opens eyes (and hearts)

LitLinks: An easy food web simulation that opens eyes (and hearts)

Aug 20, 2025

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN I had the good fortune to work with a group of environmental...

LitLinks: How to decode the mysteries of sleep with sea animals

LitLinks: How to decode the mysteries of sleep with sea animals

Aug 13, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER BONNIE KELSO Children often wonder why we sleep. When you don’t understand the...

LitLinks: Imagine your own alien, an easy STEM + literacy lesson 

LitLinks: Imagine your own alien, an easy STEM + literacy lesson 

Aug 6, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK The year is 2033 and an alien spacecraft has arrived on...

LitLinks: Word banks – like money in the bank!

LitLinks: Word banks – like money in the bank!

Jul 30, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER DR. ELIZABETH TRACY Word banks — lists of key words or phrases organized...

LitLinks: How alpacas can help students compare and contrast

LitLinks: How alpacas can help students compare and contrast

Jul 23, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER CARRIE TILLOTSON Thousands of years ago, people living high in the Andes Mountains...

LitLinks: Let’s see how to build vocabulary with a STEM picture book

LitLinks: Let’s see how to build vocabulary with a STEM picture book

Jul 16, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER MARTA MAGELLAN Using UP, UP, AND AWAY, MONARCH BUTTERFLIES as a mentor text,...

LitLinks: Great ideas to help students practice the art of asking questions

LitLinks: Great ideas to help students practice the art of asking questions

Jul 9, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER JESSICA FRIES-GAITHER Asking and answering questions is at the heart of every scientific...

LitLinks: 3 easy ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language

LitLinks: 3 easy ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language

Jul 2, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER DEIRDRE LAIDE SHIPWRECK is a lyrical nonfiction picture book for children aged 7...

LitLinks: 4 ways Pluto can supercharge imagination

LitLinks: 4 ways Pluto can supercharge imagination

Jun 25, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER LISA L. OWENS Informational picture books like those in my 10-title Our Solar...

LitLinks: How to use fireflies to help teach persuasive writing

LitLinks: How to use fireflies to help teach persuasive writing

Jun 18, 2025

GUEST BLOGGER COLLEEN PAEFF Persuasion is an art, and like any art it requires practice....

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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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