Toggle Labs for Kids
Where Big Ideas Come to Play
What do you see?
A bird eating a cherry.
Yes -- but there’s more. That cherry becomes waste, feeding the soil that grows more trees, more cherries, more birds. Waste becomes food, and the cycle continues.
This is just one way children discover the principles of living systems, how everything
connects, renews, and evolves.
"Waste = Food" illustration by Guy Billout, from Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems, a collection of global folktales for kids.
The image also inspired Linda’s forthcoming book, Do Bees Pee? (HarperCollins, 2026).
We all live in systems,
but where do we learn about them?
Global Leader: Systems Thinking
& Systemic Change
Children are growing up in complex world.
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Our job isn’t to shield them from that complexity, but to help them step into it with confidence, curiosity, and joy. Sound science combined with wonder, story, and humor are good places to start.
All the materials you’ll find here—from books to research-backed guides to games, are designed to help children and the adults in their lives explore the big, interconnected systems of life in ways that feel doable, delightful, and real.
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& reviews
Invite Linda to schools, libraries, & festivals
Guides, lesson plans, & classroom activities
Fun stuff, research, kindred thinkers
Watch kid-friendly clips & educator talks
Latest events,
press, & more.
Videos
Making Big Ideas Simple
Panel at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, 2025
PBS Learning Media Video:
What are Systems?
(Massachusetts Book Awards, 2025)
“Readers will be delighted… Nature offers up marvelous surprises
at every turn – even via humble puddle teeming with life.”
– Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews
Inspiring Young Minds: Explore Linda’s Award-Winning Children’s Books
Oh the places you will go!
Join us as celebrate the places Linda's books and resources are showing up.
Do you have a photo to share? Contact Linda here.
Pre-Schools
Elementary Schools
Book Festivals
Nature Centers
Bedtime
Story Walks
Libraries
A Personal Note
As a mother of three, I saw firsthand that children are naturally wired to connect,
but too often, they’re educated to fragment. That realization led me back to Harvard, where I studied how children (and adults) understand complex systems.
You’ll find my work on PBS LearningMedia, in Highlights Magazine,
and throughout schools and teacher training programs.
Through Toggle Labs Kids, I bring that work into libraries, nature centers, museums, art centers, public exhibits, and bookshops.
I love learning from children and families.
Their questions inspire me to create new materials and books that help kids grow
their natural curiosity into a lifelong skill: noticing the connections
that shape our world and feeling confident in its beautiful complexity.
Proud Member
Kid Lit For Growing Minds
We are a diverse group of creators who believe the power of story combined with real world science, social studies, and math can touch hearts and nurture growing minds. With our nonfiction and informational fiction picture books, we seek to support teachers, librarians, and parents, and to inspire curious kids.
