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Wild World of Animal Colors – Laura’s latest book

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Hi, educators! I’ve got a new nonfiction title out called Crayola Wild World of Animal Colors (Lerner, 2018). I never get tired of writing about animals:>) And I’m pleased to say that School Library Journal gave it a lovely review: PreS-Gr 1–Animals not only come in a variety of colors, but also make use of […]

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Blog Tour Day 8: Nonfiction Gets Personal!

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Hello, Kidlitosphere! This is it! The final day of my Meet My Family blog tour. It has been such an honor to get to share various aspects of this book, myself, and my family life with you guys.   If you’re an educator, I sure hope you know Melissa Stewart’s books AND website. She presents […]

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Blog Tour Stop 3: Talking About Stories, Creativity, and Connection

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Hello, Kidlitosphere!    Today is Stop 3 on my Meet My Family  blog tour!   Here are the first 2 stops, including Friday’s at Kirby Larson’s blog (that one features a giveaway!).   2/23    Student writing (mask/persona poems from the point of view of young animals) with Margaret Simon at Reflections on the Teche 3/2   […]

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A Tender Celebration of Family

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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 […]

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A Celebration of ALL Kinds of Families and a Blog Tour!

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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 […]

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A Book Trailer for Meet My Family!

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It’s a book trailer! I am NOT a techy video person, and I always use Animoto to make my book trailers. This time, for Meet My Family, I did try one new thing. I narrated it instead of using their background music. I’m not sure how I feel about the audio, but I was really tired […]

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It’s the “sheer splendor of life”!

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Thrilled to pieces with School Library Review‘s assessment of Meet My Family. I love that the reviewer focused on the way the animals are compared and contrasted, showcasing diversity, and I especially love the line I bolded. The “sheer splendor of life” is pretty much what drives the creation of all my nonfiction picture books:>) […]

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Diverse Family Structures Highlighted in MEET MY FAMILY!

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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 […]

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The First Review of Meet My Family Is In

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It’s always a relief when the first review is a good one! In December’s School Library Journal is this review of Meet My Family! Animal Babies and Their Families (and I see the cover went up on Amazon recently). SALAS, Laura Purdie. Meet My Family!: Animal Babies and Their Families. illus. by Stephanie Fizer Coleman. […]

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Whew! A Review

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Last week, a new review of If You Were the Moon showed up in my Google Alerts. All I could see on the notification was that it was a review from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (yay!) and that it had ** by it. Oh, no. I figured no matter what the […]

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