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    • 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
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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...

LitLinks: How to invent your own constellations to understand the night sky

LitLinks: How to invent your own constellations to understand the night sky

Jan 25, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER KATHRYN HULICK What constellations do you recognize? If you live in North America,...

LitLinks: How to use trees to understand how we communicate

LitLinks: How to use trees to understand how we communicate

Jan 18, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER SAMANTHA M. CLARK The science of our natural world feeds my books, like...

LitLinks: Surprise! Walruses can help you teach reading + phonics

LitLinks: Surprise! Walruses can help you teach reading + phonics

Jan 11, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER JANET LAWLER Animals make sounds for many reasons, usually to communicate. The walrus...

LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

LitLinks: How to use primates to teach across the curriculum

Jan 4, 2023

GUEST BLOGGER DEBRA KEMPF SHUMAKER In PECULIAR PRIMATES, kids learn strange ways some primates look...

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

LitLinks: 5 TECH lessons that highlight the T in STEM

Dec 21, 2022

BY PATRICIA NEWMAN As we gallop headlong into the holidays, I thought it might be...

LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

LitLinks: Let’s compare a whale fall and a tree fall

Dec 14, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER JACQUIE SEWALL Whale Fall Cafe takes readers into the deep sea where they...

LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

LitLinks: How do tiny insects defend themselves in a BIG world? Let’s find out.

Dec 7, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MELISSA HART In Daisy Woodworm Changes the World, 13-year-old Daisy–who speaks with a lisp–finds...

LitLinks: Show students how to play with point of view to improve informational writing

LitLinks: Show students how to play with point of view to improve informational writing

Nov 30, 2022

GUEST BLOGGER MATT LILLEY Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill is all about the...

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

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

Nov 23, 2022

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

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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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