Today on #LitLinks Candy Wellins shows how homophone word play can improve students' #writing skills
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Candy Wellins Ellie Peterson Little Bigfoot Books @storyjammers #graphicnovel #pnwnature #lifescience Contra Costa Reading Association

'Showing students how to add word play to their stories will help sharpen their writing skills.'
#LitLinks : Homophone word play
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Candy Wellins SCBWI Austin Soaring20sPB #STEM #ocean #stemforkids

👀 Good news x 3⃣ today
🎉 Cover reveal for Giant Rays of Hope
🥳 Pre-order available - bit.ly/4bpYW0Y
🎖️ Junior Library Guild Gold Standard 💙💙
Planeta Océano Lerner Books East West Literary Soaring20sPB ⭐️The Dream Team!⭐️ STEAMTeamBooks #teachertwitter Mission Blue Marine Megafauna Foundation

Hooray! It's Octopus Storytime Cameron Park Library, Wed. May 22 at 10:30am where I'll be reading my picture book ARLO DRAWS AN OCTOPUS. Looking forward to reading and signing books for your little ones. #kidlit #k12 #librarians #parents #readtome #octopuses #storytime

Day 1 question 1
How to help sharks
1Learn how they are used
2Push for legislation where we are
3Educate others on their plight
4Learn how our life style affects them
5Reduce & reuse
6Learn about their ecosystems & food
7Make one positive change
8 seafoodwatch.org

Ah, the elusive 'It' factor...how to make sure your books have it.
#amwriting East West Literary Lerner Books ChildrensBookInsider

Do your students struggle with beginning, middle and end? Try this #LitLinks post to teach narrative arc using a #STEM mentor text
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Leslie Barnard Booth: ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL @2023debuts Claire Draper || 🍉 from the river to the sea Nicole Fiorica @greenpb2023 Picture Book Parade 2024 SCBWI Oregon #stemforkids #kidslovenonfiction

Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez Marie Lamba Ana Crespo 💚💛⭐️ Karen Kilpatrick Erin Murphy Jennifer March Soloway Agent Anne 🎨 Laurie McLean Miranda Paul Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence Jennifer Laughran Happy #KidlitAgentWeek — the wk after #MothersDay . Our 4th year of THANKING wonderful #kidlit #agents . Pass it on Nikki Shannon Smith Lisa Schmid 👻 PREORDER HART & SOULS! John Schu Rosie J. Pova 💫KidLit Workshops Host

We ❤️ u DW!
Megan E. Freeman Lauren H. Kerstein Dow Phumiruk 💫 เทียมดาว ภูมิรักษ์ #gratitude Patricia Newman 🌍 empowering children to act Ernesto Cisneros: On Social Media Hiatus 🌺 Alexandra Alessandri (updates only) 🌺

'Through lyrical text w/a clear narrative arc, students discover how a tree’s wounds & decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem.'
#LitLinks : Teaching narrative arc with a mentor text
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Leslie Barnard Booth: ONE DAY THIS TREE WILL FALL Simon Kids @StephanieFizer STEAMTeamBooks #nurselog

I had the pleasure of reading A Geoduck is Not a Duck by Candy Wellins + Ellie Peterson. Written in comic form (w/a fun poke at media coverage for adults) they serve up a lot of cool information to fact-loving kids seasoned w/laugh-out-loud moments.
Little Bigfoot Books Soaring20sPB

Jammies with JaNay
Episode 7 is OUT, featuring Llama Llama Red Pajama as a Story Start.

Find it here: youtu.be/7czeOvnvC6M?si… and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE on YouTube.

Learn more here about Jammies with JaNay: jammieswithjanay.weebly.com/storytime-vide…

Enjoy and happy reading!

Calling all #ocean lovers! Check out this Teen Librarian Toolbox book list to celebrate World Ocean Day
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Teen Librarian Toolbox SchoolLibraryJournal Michelle Cusolito Darcy Pattison Nora Nickum, children’s author Aly Brown Anita Sanchez lindsey leigh🐌 #teachertwitter #homeschool #librarians

🌊 Let's use the ocean's twilight zone to turn students into effective science communicators!
Skills: reading comprehension, analysis, writing
Now on #LitLinks
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Charlesbridge Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Marley Parker
#3ShipsOneOTZ #TwilightZone #Robots #STEM #STEAM

💬'...we’ll...break down the decisions I made as an author. Then [write] short #STEM passage[s] intended for elementary students.'
#LitLinks : Turning students into effective science communicators!
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STEAMTeamBooks Karen Boss 🦩 #KidsLoveNonfiction

🥳🥳 So pleased to share this wonderful award that recognizes #nature writing. Thank you Northland College 🎉

Lerner Books East West Literary Carol Hinz STEAMTeamBooks Soaring20sPB ⭐️The Dream Team!⭐️ #SONWA

Hooray! Cristina Zenato, this is your story 🥳🤗🌟🎉

Wow! Thanks for the shout-out, Children's Bookshelf!
Congrats all 👏👏👏
East West Literary Lerner Books Soaring20sPB STEAMTeamBooks ⭐️The Dream Team!⭐️

'...as the world warms, there are new threats to humans from diseases carried by insects.'
🦟 #LitLinks : 3 great lessons #STEM + #ela on mosquito anatomy and #climatechange
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Alexandra Siy Susan Schulman Charlesbridge #teachertwitter #nature

Joshua Pruett Julia Wasson Erin Dealey ☮️ 🌎 DEAR EARTH = Happy EARTH Year! 🌺 Alexandra Alessandri (updates only) 🌺 Shannon Hitchcock Anna Dewdney Stacia Deutsch Ruth E. Harper Alma Fullerton 10 Book Birthdays + Book Deals Dow Phumiruk 💫 เทียมดาว ภูมิรักษ์ randyprestonwrites #Bestsellers Pete the Cat Audrey Wood - Author Anna Dewdney Awards and celebrations! Heather Brockman Lee Patricia Newman 🌍 empowering children to act Kelly Crull 🦊 shiho pate Megan E. Freeman Karen Kilpatrick Ana Crespo 💚💛⭐️ Joey Halli_Gomez_Author Kirk Reedstrom

Bzzzz 🦟On #LitLinks today we explore 3 great #STEM + #ela lessons on mosquito anatomy and #climatechange
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Alexandra Siy #STEAM #globalwarming #kidslovenonfiction #kidlit #bugs #insects