Laura Purdie Salas

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Author Visits, Library Storytimes, and Other Events for Kids

Wondering where I’ve been before? Here’s a list of many of the school visits, young authors conferences, storytimes, and other events for kids that I’ve done. I mostly visit elementary schools, though I’m also a former 8th-grade English teacher, so I can work with teen writers, too. And I’m happy to do preschool storytimes as well, getting young children excited about books, rhymes, clapping, and repetition.

In Person

2017

Pinewood Elementary
3rd-grade Poetry Workshops
Monticello, MN
Hokah Library
Outdoor storytime
Hokah, MN
Plainview Library
Poetry Workshop
Plainview, MN
5th grade
Evergreen Park World Cultures
Community School
Brooklyn Center, MN
Wakanda Elementary
Menomonie, WI
Knapp Elementary Literacy Event
Knapp, WI

2016

Hot Reads for Cold Nights!
Stewartville Elementary
Stewartville, MN
Wealthy Elementary School
East Grand Rapids, MI (1 week)
Young Authors Conference
Penn-Harris-Madison Corporation
Mishiwaka, IN
Young Authors Conference
Success Beyond the Classroom
Bethel University
Arden Hills, MN
(Every year since 2010)
Lanesboro Public Library
Lanesboro, MN
LeRoy Elementary
LeRoy, MN
Hugo Elementary
Hugo, MN
Plainview Public Library
Plainview, MN

2015

Washington Elementary School
Cloquet, MN
Duluth Mount Royal Branch Library
Duluth, MN
Hibbing Public Library
Hibbing, MN
Mount Iron Public Library
Mount Iron, MN
International Falls Public Library
International Falls, MN
Falls Elementary School
International Falls, MN
Cook Public Library
Cook, MN
William Kelley School
Silver Bay, MN
Two Harbors Public Library
Two Harbors, MN
Nelle Shean Jr High
Gilbert, MN
Grand Rapids Area Library
Grand Rapids, MN
Virginia Public Library
Virginia, MN
Grand Marais Public Library
Grand Marais, MN
Vaughan-Steffensrud Elementary
Chisholm, MN
Duluth Public Library
Duluth, MN
Mesabi East School
Aurora, MN
Hardwood Creek Library
Forest Lake, MN
R.H. Stafford Library
Woodbury, MN
Park Grove Library
Cottage Grove, MN
Oakdale Library
Oakdale, MN
Maplewood Library
Maplewood, MN
Kaleidoscope Charter School
Can Be… Books Project
Otsego, MN

2014

Horizon Elementary
Plymouth, WI

Zielanis Elementary
Kiel, WI

Park Spanish Immersion Elementary
Read-a-Thon Celebration
St. Louis Park, MN

Milaca Elementary
Milaca, MN

Adams Spanish Immersion Magnet
St. Paul, MN

St. Paul’s Lutheran School
New Ulm, MN

Dover-Eyota Elementary
Family Reading Celebration

Anoka-Hennepin School District
4 sites – 3 weeks
Can Be… Books project
Anoka County, MN

Mounds View Library
Mounds View, MN

Bemidji Book Festival
Nature poetry workshop and library storytime
Bemidji, MN

2013

Newport Elementary
Newport, MN

Blake School
Literacy Festival
Minneapolis, MN

One Book Two Book Children’s Festival
Iowa City, IA

Young Authors Conference
Winona, MN

Lakeview Elementary
Lakeview, MN

University Avenue Elementary
Poetry Residency & Family Literacy Night
Blaine, MN

Southeast Library Cooperative
School visits & library event
St. Charles, MN

New Ulm Public Library
Storytime
New Ulm, MN

Upsala Elementary
Upsala, MN

2012

Featured Minnesota Author
Alphabet Forest
Minnesota State Fair

Mission Public Library
Book Festival
Mission, TX

Swanville Elementary
Swanville, MN

Greenvale Park Elementary
Northfield, MN

Stewartville Public Schools
Stewartville, MN

Conference for Young Writers
Marshall, MN

2011

Ridgeway Community School
Houston, MN

2010

Fernbrook Elementary
Maple Grove, MN

Basswood Elementary
Maple Grove, MN

Sunset Hill Elementary
Wayzata, MN

Elm Creek Elementary
Maple Grove, MN

Vadnais Heights Elementary
Vadnais Heights, MN

Holdingford Elementary
3rd-grade poetry residency
Holdingford, MN

Northside Elementary
Benson, MN

Milroy Elementary
Milroy, MN

Wabasso Public Library
Wabasso, MN

Holy Redeemer School
Marshall, MN

Canby Elementary
Canby, MN

Minneota Elementary
Minneota, MN

Fair Oaks Elementary
Minneapolis, MN

Rice Lake Elementary
Family Reading Night
Lino Lakes, MN

2009

Sibley Elementary
Albert Lea, MN

Hawthorne Elementary
Albert Lea, MN

Bert Raney Elementary
Granite Falls, MN

MACRAY West Elementary
Maynard, MN

MACRAY East Elementary
Raymond, MN

KMS Elementary
Kerkhoven, MN

Lincoln Elementary
Ivanhoe, MN

Brewster Elementary
Brewster, MN

Edgerton Elementary
Maplewood, MN

Balaton Elementary
Balaton, MN

RTR Elementary
Ruthon, MN

Cedar Mountain Elementary
Franklin, MN

Reede Gray Elementary
Redwood Falls, MN

2008

Fernbrook Elementary
Maple Grove, MN

Skype Visits

2017

5th grade
Vadnais Heights Elementary
Vadnais Heights, MN
Homeschooling families at
Read Aloud Revival
Poetry Workshop

2016

SPARK Poetry Camp
4th and 5th grade
Vincennes, IN

2015

SPARK Poetry Camp
4th and 5th grade
Vincennes, IN

5th grade
Vadnais Heights Elementary
Vadnais Heights, MN

Sherman School
Sherman, CT

Warren E Sooy Jr. Elementary
Hammonton, NJ

Cameron Ranch Elementary
Carmichael, CA

Daniel Wright Elementary
Columbus, OH

Ben Franklin Elementary
Franklin, WI

Parma Elementary
Parma, MI

David C. Barrow Elementary
Athens, GA

West Salem Elementary
Salem, VA

Earth Day Celebration!
Sauk County, WI

Stewart Elementary
Huntsville, Texas

Community School of Excellence
St. Paul, MN

2014

Lakeside Elementary
Coppell, TX

Christie Elementary
Plano, TX

Anderson-Livsey Elementary
Snellville, GA