Laura Purdie Salas

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Poetry Friday: Tiny Dreams, Sprouting Tall: Poems about the United States

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Last night, the friendly UPS man brought 2 heavy boxes to my door, and they were the author copies of 4 more of my 6 Capstone poetry books. Woop! Woop! I now have copies of all of them except Flashy, Clashy, and Oh-So Splashy. So, as promised (or threatened!), I’ll be sharing a little of my […]

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My Two Centos’ Worth

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OK, it’s only one cento, but it feels long! Miss Rumphius challenged us to a modified cento this week, using titles of favorite books. I chose mostly some of my favorite poetry books, from this year and years past. There are a couple I only chose for the title, but mostly these are books I love. What […]

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And Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space

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  I wanted to blog just a little bit about each of my Capstone poetry books as I get my author copies. Each had its own joys and challenges (some more so than others!). I shared my basic process in an earlier post. Here are a few tidbits just about this title. Then There Were […]

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My Capstone Poetry Books!

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I am so excited! Last week I started getting author copies of my 6 poetry books for Capstone Press. I’ve only gotten one of the six so far, because the others are backordered. But soon, I hope! Please note: All blog posts prior to December 2011 were originally in LiveJournal and I imported them here. […]

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Poetry Stretch: A seasonal poem

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Well, Miss Rumphius’  Poetry Stretch this week was something seasonal. I write lots of weather/season poems, so I was really, really tempted to post something I already wrote and polished. But that would be cheating. Sigh. So yesterday, in the midst of yet another rushed day, I wrote a poem to fit my mood and […]

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Ack–A Sonnet?

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I’m participating in Miss Rumphius’ poetry stretch this week, and it’s a sonnet. I’m taking part in that same poetry challenge she mentions, and I could also use some sonnet practice. Since I haven’t written one in, you know, decades. What on earth have I gotten myself into? Anyway, I have a sister coming into town […]

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Robert’s Snow: Mike Wohnoutka

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I had heard of Mike Wohnoutka and seen several of his enticing, saturated-with-color books.  But I don’t know if I had ever officially met him before a Children’s Literature Network event last year. Arthur Levine came to Minneapolis and sat down for a conversation with 30 or so local published authors and illustrators. Then most of us headed […]

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Robert’s Snow: Lauren Stringer

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   Lauren Stringer     Lauren is a Minnesota author/illustrator who’s participating in Robert’s Snow this year! Two of my favorite books that she illustrated are Our Family Tree (by Lisa Westberg Peters) and Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs (by Linda Ashman). The beautiful Winter Is the Warmest Season, which came out in 2006, was her first […]

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Poetry Friday: Personals

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I was reading a poetry collection last week called Dying Old and Dying Young, by Susan Williams, and I got a kick out of her poem, “Personals.” Personals Looking for a man who doesn’t know his sign or resting heart rate; who only runs to catch a bus; can’t tell sushi from raw fish. Thinks […]

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Robert’s Snow: Rick Chrustowski

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Rick Chrustowski    I’m excited to be taking part in Blogging for the Cure, where we’re featuring just some (but you can discover the rest of them when you visit the auction) of the wonderful illustrators and snowflakes of Robert’s Snow, an auction of illustrated snowflakes to raise funds for cancer research. Today I’m featuring Rick […]

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