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LitLinks: How animal adaptations connect to the accessories kids wear

LitLinks: How animal adaptations connect to the accessories kids wear

Dec 9, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER JENNA GRODZICKI Wild Style: Amazing Animal Adornments introduces the reader to animals that...

LitLinks: How to make STEM & literacy POP! off the page

LitLinks: How to make STEM & literacy POP! off the page

Dec 2, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ANNA CROWLEY REDDING Hello teachers and educators! Consider these examples where STEM and...

LitLinks: Are ghosts, zombies, and UFOs real? How to investigate like a scientist

LitLinks: Are ghosts, zombies, and UFOs real? How to investigate like a scientist

Nov 4, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK Do you think ghosts are real?  Have you ever seen one? ...

LitLinks: Going to the library teaches place value and classification

LitLinks: Going to the library teaches place value and classification

Oct 21, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ALEXIS O’NEILL Melvil Dewey, a complicated, driven, creative person, is the subject of...

LitLinks: Icky & sweet – how to build a science key…with words

LitLinks: Icky & sweet – how to build a science key…with words

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LitLinks: Surprise! Video game story elements improve student writing

Sep 23, 2020

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LitLinks: Happy birthday to a computer called Katherine

Aug 26, 2020

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LitLinks: Point of view puts HEART in kids’ writing

LitLinks: Point of view puts HEART in kids’ writing

Aug 19, 2020

GUEST BLOGGER ANITA SANCHEZ When you read a story, or write a story, the first...

LitLinks: How Elephants Can Make Your Sound Unit ROAR!

LitLinks: How Elephants Can Make Your Sound Unit ROAR!

Aug 12, 2020

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN What is sound? Most physics teachers would define sound as vibration in...

LitLinks: Use this not that–making eco-friendly choices

LitLinks: Use this not that–making eco-friendly choices

Jul 22, 2020

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN It’s summer! Time to play on the beach or stroll by the...

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    • Giant Rays of Hope: Protecting Manta Rays to Safeguard the Sea
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    • 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
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  • Who is Patricia Newman?
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