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Vacation Time #PoetryFriday

August 20, 2020 By Laura

Vacation Time, a poem from BookSpeak, by Laura Purdie Salas

Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Thanks for all your empathy and sharing last week when I shared a poem about sad books. You guys are the best. This week, I’m sharing another poem written for BookSpeak, but this one is actually in the book!   This poem’s also in a […]

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Why Aren’t All Books Happy? #PoetryFriday

August 13, 2020 By Laura

Why Aren't All Books Happy

Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I wished you a happy day, but the truth is, I’ve been feeling a bit down. I tend to be relentlessly optimistic and generally feel grateful and content. And here’s the thing. Although my career, like most writers’ is taking a beating with the pandemic, […]

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“Calling All Readers” performance

August 28, 2018 By Laura

Calling All Readers teacher performance

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 Poem for Read Across America Day! #ClassroomConnections

February 7, 2018 By Laura

March 2 is Read Across America Day! Here’s a poem to start off your storytime. When I read this poem with kids, I act out the poem using simple motions that they can mimic. Give it a try! Calling All Readers I’ll tell you a story. I’ll spin you a rhyme. I’ll spill some ideas— […]

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When Life Hurts, a Book Can Help

November 15, 2016 By Laura

The most painful part of being a teacher was seeing kids hurting from something I could do nothing about. Kids who were abused–that was the worst. Kids who came from homes of alcohol and drug abuse. Kids who had a family member dying a slow, ugly, painful death. Though I only taught for two years, […]

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BookSpeak, Old-School!

December 23, 2015 By Laura

Written in Snow (Gareth Bentall)

Last week, school librarian Karen Bentall shared a wonderful photo of a BookSpeak display in the Oak Ridge Elementary School library in Arlington, VA. Wow! It’s beautiful! I asked if I could share this cool artwork here and if she could tell me a little more about it.     Here’s what Karen said: Smart […]

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License Plate Poetry

October 20, 2015 By Laura

license plate 1

Yesterday, I was sharing the opening poem of BookSpeak! and how it came to be the opening poem. Well, last week was my birthday, and Randy, my husband, and I were spending a few days up on the North Shore of Lake Superior–one of my favorite places in the whole world! We had just parked […]

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Writing Openings

October 19, 2015 By Laura

BookSpeak! Poems About Books

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about working on the opening to my next picture book. I still haven’t heard if the opening I submitted will fly or not, but I thought I’d follow up here and share a couple of openings written after the fact. A lot of times, the meat of the […]

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Tip #16: Add Sound Effects [Poetry Tips for Teachers]

April 22, 2015 By Laura

Welcome to today’s tip in my month-long Poetry Tips for Teachers series. Tip #16: Add sound effects. Have kids make sound effects appropriate to the poem. Kids love being sound effects experts, and it give pre-readers, especially, a great way to be part of a poem reading when they don’t actually know the poem yet. […]

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New Ways to Perform Poetry

May 28, 2014 By Laura

I had a lovely surprise when the presenters at an IRA session performed one of my poems! The session was The Power of Poetry to Provide Teachable Moments, and the presenters had no idea I was in the audience (until my friend Janet Fagal told them afterward). Here they are: Diane Bottomley, Ph.D,? plays the […]

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