Laura Purdie Salas

Writing the World for Kids

You are here: Home / Archives for Leslie Bulion

Random Body Parts, by Leslie Bulion

By

Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I love a poetry collection that’s a good mash-up, so Leslie Bulion’s latest, Random Body Parts (Peachtree, 2015), makes me squeal with joy! First, it’s poems about body parts. Yes, please. Annnd, it’s poems in a ton of different poetic forms. Excellent. But wait. There’s […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

[psvid] “Hooray for the Sea and the ROV” (Leslie Bulion)

By

Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from Leslie Bulion‘s clever collection, At the Sea Floor Cafe: Odd Ocean Critter Poems?(Peachtree, 2011). The humor and wordplay in the terrific little book will really draw readers in, and prose notes make it an excellent science text, as […]

Tagged With: , , , ,

Poetry Friday: Jellyfishing, by Leslie Bulion

By

   Leslie Bulion is such a fantastic science poetry writer! She has fun with it and imparts tons of information at the same time. Last year, I shared a poem from her Hey There, Stink Bug collection. This year, I’m happy to share a poem from her brand new collection, At the Sea Floor Cafe: […]

Tagged With: , , ,

Poem of the Day: The Hot Shot (by Leslie Bulion)

By

  One of the really cool things about the TLA conference last week was meeting several new (to me) poets. I loved hearing Leslie Bulion‘s funny, scientifically accurate, and gross poems about bugs–all from her book Hey There, Stink Bug! (Charlesbridge, 2006–with cool illustrations by Leslie Evans). Here’s one she read that really got the […]

Tagged With: , , ,