Laura Purdie Salas

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Coming Soon…OK, Coming in Two Years

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I’m excited to share that I finally have returned a signed contract for a book that Millbrook Press is going to publish in spring 2012. It’s a very short rhyming nonfiction book about leaves, and I’m so glad it’s found a home, especially with an editor I’m really looking forward to working with. The acquisitions meeting […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Cave

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   Nonfiction poetry has come up several times on the NFforKids Yahoo group that I’m on. And Cave, by Diane Siebert (illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin), is the closest thing I’ve seen to true nonfiction poetry (thank you, Elaine of Wild Rose Reader, for recommending Siebert’s books to me). Cave is a single, lengthy poem written […]

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Science Songs: Do You Know Your ABCs?

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A  bit back, I told you about my science songs project. It’s my latest work for hire assignment, and it sounds like a lot of fun. All I had at that point was the general assignment–no topics or songs yet. But last week, I received my series guidelines and my four topics. I can’t share […]

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