Laura Purdie Salas

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A Little Fun with Big Birthday

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I’ve been corresponding with author Kate Hosford recently for an interview, and she read on my site that one of my daughters is named Annabelle.?Kate immediately and generously sent?Annabelle a signed copy of her picture book Big Birthday (Carolrhoda, 2012), a charming rhyming story that features a girl named Annabelle who wants an out-of-this-world birthday […]

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Some of My Favorite Books of 2011

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Thanks to Franki at A Year of Reading, I learned that Goodreads.com can show me a cover grid of my books read in 2011. Here are the ones I gave 5 and 4 stars to: Yes, I know–they’re too small to really see. Though it’s fun trying to figure out what some of them are.?And […]

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One Book I Love: The Sniffles for Bear

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Bonny Becker's latest Mouse and Bear book, The Sniffles for Bear (Candlewick, 2011), had me laughing the other day. The very first page clues in the careful reader to the conflict: Bear was sick, very, very sick.His eyes were red. His snout was red.His throat was sore and gruffly.In fact, Bear was quite sure no onehad […]

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Congrats, Minnesota Book Award Finalists!

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The Finalists were announced over the weekend for the Minnesota Book Awards. I was so happy to see some books I love recognized and surprised to see other books I love NOT recognized. But I guess that’s how it goes. If a few books won every award, fewer books would get love. I also wondered which […]

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The Twelve Days of Christmas in Minnesota: A Loony Launch

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My friend and crit group member Connie Van Hoven recently celebrated the release of her first children’s book: The Twelve Days of Christmas in Minnesota (Sterling, 2009). I’m so excited for her! The book is adorable! It’s the story of twins who visit their Minnesota cousin for Christmas, and he gives them a different, uniquely Minnesotan […]

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