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    • Eavesdropping on Elephants
    • Neema’s Reason To Smile
    • Zoo Scientists to the Rescue
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LitLinks: How to discover our diverse history in untold stories

April 12, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER ROXANNE TROUP MY GRANDPA, MY TREE, AND ME (Yeehoo Press, 2023) is a […]

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LitLinks: The eco-pyramid research tool – an easy way to boost comprehension

April 5, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DEBBIE GONZALES What is an eco-pyramid? The Eco-Pyramid is a research tool designed […]

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LitLinks: How to conduct an energy audit of your school

March 29, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER LINDSAY H. METCALF Students today will be living with the climate of tomorrow. […]

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LitLinks: How time travel will help students reduce single-use plastic

March 22, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER KRISTEN WALKER This lesson combines awareness of modern-day plastic pollution with the historical […]

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LitLinks: An easy lesson to help students write a desert rap

March 15, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DARCY PATTISON What is rap? It’s a poetic form that plays with rhymes: […]

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LitLinks: 5 ways to use nonfiction kidlit in the classroom

March 8, 2023

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

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LitLinks: 4 easy arts activities that supplement nonfiction reading

March 1, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER LISA L. OWENS When nonfiction readers have an opportunity to make meaningful outside-the-book […]

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LitLinks: How to introduce students to your local river basin

February 22, 2023

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN We all live in a river basin – the area of land […]

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LitLinks: Build map-reading and compare- contrast skills with a tiny possum and a moth

LitLinks: Build map-reading and compare- contrast skills with a tiny possum and a moth

February 15, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JULIE MURPHY Preparation Tiny Possum and the Migrating Moths is a nonfiction picture […]

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LitLinks: How to integrate STEM and writing with a word bank

February 8, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER BETH ANDERSON In my process of writing FRANZ’S PHANTASMAGORICAL MACHINE, I did a […]

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  • Home
  • Books
    • 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
    • KidLit creators who make kids want to read
  • Writer Resources
    • Writing Classes
    • Manuscript or Proposal Critiques
  • Who is Patricia Newman?
  • Contact
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