Laura Purdie Salas

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The World Is Not a Rectangle and Karl, Get Out of the Garden! #nfpbc

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. I was at NCTE recently, and I got to see Aly host an awesome nonfiction panel featuring Melissa Stewart, Candace Fleming, and Deborah Heiligman. What […]

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Feathers, Poop, and Starlight: Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. For #pb10for10, I shared my favorite rhyming nonfiction picture books, so be sure to check out that post if you like rhyme! Here are three […]

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It’s Monday: What Are You Reading?

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? I’ve read lots of great books lately, mostly, of course, picture books, though I haven’t stopped by #IMWAYR in a while. Here are 5 2017 picture books I’ve given 5 stars to in Goodreads. Caring for Your Lion – Fun structure and super humor! Noah Webster’s Fighting Words – […]

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Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge: Great Recent Biographies Plus a Couple Science Titles!

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. I’ve read so many great nonfiction picture books recently. Here are some of the ones I’ve given 5 stars to on Goodreads (which is not […]

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No More Lying About Books

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Happy Children’s Book Week! I love seeing all the energy and excitement around books at this time of year, with all the special Days, Weeks, and Months! It does make me think, though, that we can bring more joy to readers by sharing our own joy about the books we really love, not the books […]

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Joyce Sidman’s ROUND

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I love Joyce Sidman’s work, and her new book Round is no exception. The magic is in how she takes a concept as huge and simple and universal as roundness and makes me as a reader feel the emotions conjured up by roundness while sharing many specific instances of roundness. My favorite is the spread […]

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Giant Squid and Platypus [Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge]

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. Here are my two favorite nonfiction picture books from this past week. They are both simply amazing. I was on a nonfiction panel with these […]

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Ms. Bixby’s Last Day [It’s Monday: What Are You Reading?]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA!  It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme hosted by Kathryn at Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great […]

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Squirrels Leap and Curious About Snow [Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge]

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. Here are two of the books I read this week. I grew up in Florida, so squirrels are an essential part of the landscape to […]

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F&Gs for If You Were the Moon [Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge]

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Welcome to the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge that Alyson Beecher hosts at Kid Lit Frenzy each Wednesday. Visit Alyson for the link-up to lots more posts about nonfiction picture books. I confess I didn’t read a nonfiction picture book this week (though I worked on the writing of two different ones:>) I traveled down to […]

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