Laura Purdie Salas

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Riddle-Ku! [metal snake]

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  Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a metal snake whose flickering silver tongue bites into your lunch –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1:   HINT 2: TITLE (AND ANSWER): FORK   [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these […]

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National Poetry Month Kickoff!

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Educators, it’s almost April! I’m excited on two counts: 1) My new book, Water Can Be…, publishes tomorrow! I’m still creating educator materials for it, but you can find reviews, my first teaching guide, and a bunch of videos (both book trailers and content videos) here on my site. 2) I’ll be sharing a riddle-ku […]

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How I Became a Teaching Author (& Giveaway!)

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Happy Monday! I’m over at TeachingAuthors.com today sharing a bit about how I became a writer (a big surprise to me) and a teacher/speaker (probably an even bigger surprise!). And Teaching Authors is giving away a personalized, signed copy of Water Can Be…! Click here to visit me over there:>)

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Natl. Poetry Month Sneak Peek: Riddle-Ku!

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I’m excited about April, National Poetry Month! I can’t remember if I’ve ever done an original poem a day for April, but that’s what I’m going to do this time. I’m going to be sharing some riddle haiku–or riddle-ku. I know. Riddle-kulous, right? Anyway, I wanted to give you a peek at what I’ll be […]

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