In Praise of Mud Puddles
What good is a mud puddle? It’s a watering hole and Home Depot for a whole host of tiny wildlife.
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A winter puddle is a gift, a source of desperately-needed water, for squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, songbirds, and so many other animals, trying like us to make it through till spring comes.
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Litlinks: Ways to Use Nonfiction in the Classroom
Check out Litlinks, a wonderful blog by Patricia Newman. It’s a wealth of ideas for ways teachers can use nonfiction in the classroom. Lots of great STEM tie-ins.
I have a guest post about my nonfiction picture book, Hello, Puddle!
Read MoreMysterious Mushrooms
Mushrooms are just one type of the strange organisms called fungi. It looks like a plant, but it eats like an animal. Just as animals do, fungus has to feed on other things—living or dead.
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