Laura Purdie Salas

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Happy Spring with Every Day Birds

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Happy spring! Yesterday was the first day of spring, and birds were cheeping outside my window in the early morning, despite the frost on the ground. I celebrated by reading Amy Ludwig VanDerwater’s new rhyming picture book, Every Day Birds (Orchard, 2016). Have you seen it? A single fact, poetically shared, and lovely cut paper art by Dylan Metrano showcases each bird. Don’t miss this beautiful rhyming nonfiction picture book. Its streamlined focus gives even a bird-know-nothing like me something to appreciate and watch for with every bird. You can also learn more about Amy and take part in a writing challenge from this post at Michelle Heidenrich Barnes’ Ditty of the Month Challenge.

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    • Thanks, Michelle–I have been meaning to get over there and write a poem for it. I have a poem due to my Poetry Sisters first, however. Hard time keeping up with things lately!

  2. Laura, we have a mind meld going! I just included Every Day Birds in my latest blog post. 🙂 So happy the birds are back & singing–and we have great books like this to help us celebrate!

  3. Thank you so much, Laura! I appreciate you sharing EVERY DAY BIRDS – isn’t Dylan Metrano amazing? Mark just told me he purchased me the original chickadee from the book (something I was trying to do myself!) I thought of Randy too! Happy birds, friend! xo

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