Small Reads for Brighters Days
Woohoo! I’m so excited to share that Finding Family is now out in the world! People have been so generous in helping to spread the word. Teacher, author-illustrator, and poet Jena Benton posted a beautiful Simply 7 interview with me yesterday, and her questions made me realize something that I had totally missed while working […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! I love the nice review that Publishers Weekly gave Meet My Family! recently: In a tender celebration of family, more than 20 baby animals describe the ways the adults in their lives care for them. A baby beaver has lived in one home for all of its life, but an orangutan infant […]
First things first. Happy 30th anniversary to my fantastic husband, Randy Salas! My writing and career would be very different without him in my life. Now, onto book stuff:>) Last week, I did my first school visit since receiving my author copies of Meet My Family, and it was great to read it aloud […]
It’s always nerve-wracking waiting for reviews, but–yay–here’s one from Kirkus. I’m glad the diversity theme came through loud and clear! KIRKUS REVIEW Animal babies from around the world describe their families. This information-packed title not only describes varied family structures and child-rearing practices, it gives the proper names of the children for each of 23 […]
I’m excited to share this lovely review from the May/June issue School Library Journal. If You Were the Moon is a book that does more than one thing, and I’m always happy when a reviewer keys in to the different things going on in the book! SALAS, Laura Purdie. If You Were the Moon. illus. […]
Delighted to share that Booklist has given A ROCK CAN BE… a lovely review! “[N]atural guessing game…challenging children…broaden their thinking…beautiful picture book…” What is not to love here? Thank you, Booklist! (The highlights and bold were added by me:>) A Rock Can Be . . . Salas, Laura Purdie (Author) , Dabija, Violeta (Illustrator) Mar […]
I hope so, because BookSpeak! is definitely getting more buzz than Stampede! did. But Stampede got some lovely posts online from wonderful poetry people, a nice review in Booklist, and was a Minnesota Book Award Finalist. And it didn’t matter, sales-wise. I’d pull out my royalty statements for proof, but they’re so tear-stained I probably […]
