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Winter Haiku from Lion of the Sky [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I am gob-smacked to share that I have THREE books on the 2020 NCTE Poetry Notables list!   I am so happy! The committee is made up of teacher educators, poets, and poetry lovers, and I know they spent much time and discussion on creating […]

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Introducing Lion of the Sky #PoetryFriday

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  lie down in whiteness     kick and SWISH and wave your arms            give me winter wings                                        –Laura Purdie Salas, from Lion of the Sky I’m so excited about this book, my third and final poetry collection of the spring! If you’d like to learn […]

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Digital Review Copies of LION OF THE SKY

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If you’re an educator who shares and reviews books online or in person, Lerner is offering a digital peek at my next picture book, LION OF THE SKY: HAIKU FOR ALL SEASONS. Haiku meet riddles in these 24 poems. From baseball to apple, snow angel to kite, seasonal hallmarks speak in haiku to give clues […]

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Pencil Riddle-ku

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Hi, you guys! Since the Kindle edition (you don’t have to have a Kindle to read it, though) of Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading, part of my 30 Painless Classroom Poems series, is on sale for 99 cents

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A Forest Riddle-ku

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Hiya, everyone. If you are a subscriber to the blog, you should have received an email notification about this post. My awesome web designer worked with WordPress Support yesterday and got everything straightened out. Thanks! And if you’re not a subscriber but you’d like to be, you can do that in the sidebar to the […]

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This Merry-Go-Round [by Laura Purdie Salas]

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Happy Poetry Friday! In person today, I’m sharing poetry and picture books with students at two Sheboygan, WI-area schools–fun! Tomorrow, I’ll be presenting at the Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival. If you are going, I hope you’ll find me and say hi! I’m sharing a riddle-ku today:   This merry-go-round spins upside down: I’m singing the […]

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A riddle-ku revision

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I already mentioned that the second book in my 30 Painless Classroom Poems series is going to be Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading. You might remember that I shared these poems here during National Poetry Month earlier this year. What was cool as I went through editing the riddle-ku to be part of this […]

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Meet My Collaborator, Marcie Flinchum Atkins

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A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to Ed Spicer, the awesome teacher who wrote the activities for What’s Inside? Poems to Explore the Park (that book is free TODAY only on Kindle, by the way–just asking for an honest review in return). I’m close to bringing out the second book in my 30 […]

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My Next Book: Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading

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I’m super-excited to tell you that the next book in my 30 Painless Classroom Poems series will be an updated version of the Riddle-ku that I shared here during National Poetry Month earlier this year. I got several comments and emails suggesting that they should be a book, and once I started thinking about the […]

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Riddle-ku Roundup!

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National Poetry Month was so fun! I thought it might be helpful if I posted one page with links to all the riddle-ku, so that if you’re new to them entirely or if you want to return here and use them again, you can use this master list. Since they don’t have titles, other than […]

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