Laura Purdie Salas

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Three Days of Poetry at Isanti Intermediate School [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last week, I was honored to spend three days with 4th and 5th graders playing with poetry. We wrote 15 Words or Less Poems, Paint Chip Poems, Things To Do If You Are… Poems, I Am Poems, Found Poems (using pages from National Geographic that […]

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Digital Review Copies of LION OF THE SKY

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If you’re an educator who shares and reviews books online or in person, Lerner is offering a digital peek at my next picture book, LION OF THE SKY: HAIKU FOR ALL SEASONS. Haiku meet riddles in these 24 poems. From baseball to apple, snow angel to kite, seasonal hallmarks speak in haiku to give clues […]

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Hooray for Young Authors

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Over the past two weeks, I did three storytimes at libraries in the East Central Region of Minnesota. It was great to meet families and celebrate kids as readers, as (mostly) preschoolers and toddlers swooped like bats, bloomed like flowers, made monkey noises, did toothpaste art, and echo read  my books and poems. But a […]

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“Calling All Readers” performance

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Seriously, nothing makes me happier than seeing teachers, librarians, or kids having fun with my books. Check out this awesome performance of “Calling All Readers” from BOOKSPEAK!, posted on Twitter by teacher Liz Evans. Thanks, Liz and you other wonderful readers!

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A Compassionate Point of View in Poetry – World Refugee Day

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Wednesday, June 20, is World Refugee Day, and I wanted to share a poetry-writing activity I did with 3rd-8th graders in case you’re looking for a writing activity with one of your summer programs (or in years to come). Almost every year, I teach at Success Beyond the Classroom’s Young Authors Conference at Bethel University […]

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Poetry Month Twitter Chat Tonight!

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Whether you already love poetry, write and/or teach poetry, or are totally intimidated by poetry, this Twitter chat is for you! Come by tonight from 8-9 Eastern Time to join in the discussion and share and learn! Just search for the hashtag #WonderChat or #NYEdChat to keep up with the fun. I’m so glad Carol […]

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The Circle of Inspiration

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One of the very best things about being an author is when your own work inspires readers to create! On Instagram over the weekend, a mom and her daughter (I think this is the relationship) shared this image: Parla wrote that she and Brighton were inspired by an Author Access event I did with the […]

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Book Parties!

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This past month has been full of reading and writing goodness. Here are just a few highlights. Feeling very grateful for the fullness of my book-encircling life! Little Free Library My new Little Free Library is up! I was sad to leave our LFL behind at our house when we moved, and it took a […]

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NCTE in November: I’ll Be There. Will You?

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I’ve committed to going to NCTE this November in St. Louis, and I’m so excited! I’ll be doing a roundtable with Carol Varsalona and a bunch of other writers, poets, and Wonderopolis fans. (I think Irene Latham and Charles Waters will be on that roundtable session, too?) And I’ll probably be doing a signing at […]

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Melissa Sweet at the Kerlan

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I got to see Melissa Sweet present at the Children’s Literature Research Collection (aka the Kerlan) at the University of Minnesota recently. Not only was it great to see lots of kidlit friends, like Joyce Sidman, Tracy Nelson Maurer, Catherine Thimmesh, Julie Reimer, Jill Braithwaite, Lisa Von Drasek, John Coy, Peter Pearson, and more (and […]

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