Laura Purdie Salas

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“Calling All Readers” performance

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Seriously, nothing makes me happier than seeing teachers, librarians, or kids having fun with my books. Check out this awesome performance of “Calling All Readers” from BOOKSPEAK!, posted on Twitter by teacher Liz Evans. Thanks, Liz and you other wonderful readers!

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A Rock Can Be… Book Trailer + Adjectives Wanted

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My new book comes out on Sunday, and here’s my trailer for it! Please share the trailer if you like it. I’d love for lots of people to see it! Also, for my March Rock the Blog pictorial event, I need some adjectives! So far, I have: Adjectives from Mrs. Simon’s GT Allstars: fluffy giant […]

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A scary poem video for K-4

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I love scary books and poems (and movies, even though I cover my eyes a lot during them). Here’s a cheesy video of me reading my poem “Midnight,” from a jack-o-lantern’s point of view. Midnight See my spooky, blank eyes staring? Like the crooked teeth I’m baring? Feel my wicked candle flaring? Am I smiling? […]

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WATER CAN BE… Video #3 (The Water Cycle) and a Teaching Guide

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Sharing another video this week. This one isn’t a trailer for Water Can Be…, but a quick video I hope educators might find useful. [iframe id=”vp1C58aB” title=”Video Player” src=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/embed.animoto.com/play.html?w=swf/production/vp1&e=1394888440&f=C58aBEjMBrizPUrs5ZwpzQ&d=0&m=p&r=360p+720p&volume=50&start_res=720p&i=m&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=animoto.com&options=” height=”243″ width=”432″ allowfullscreen=”” frameborder=”0″] And here’s a classroom guide. Lots of ideas there for your unit about water, which I’m excited about. I’ll also be creating […]

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WATER CAN BE… Trailer #2 (Family-Style!)

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Excited that Water Can Be… got a lovely review in this month’s Booklist: Like its predecessor, A Leaf Can Be . . . (2012), this picture book explores an aspect of the natural world in a way that is imaginative but ultimately informative. A fine choice for reading aloud in the classroom or at home. […]

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WATER CAN BE… Trailer #1

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Yikes! My pub date (April 1) for Water Can Be… (Millbrook) is fast approaching! I’m thrilled that the book got a starred review from Kirkus, and I’ve been working on a set of five different short videos for it. Two are basic trailers, one focuses on WaterAid and global water issues, one is about the […]

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[psvid] “The First” (J. Patrick Lewis)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. It’s the last day of April, and it’s been quite an adventure doing these Poem Starter Videos. I’ll share more about the process later, but I have to say it was very intimidating! I so appreciate all the fabulous poets who gave […]

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[psvid] “Werewolf Warning” (Bobbi Katz)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme (Sterling, 2009), by Bobbi Katz.?The premise of the collection is that a kid finds his uncle’s (shoot, I think it’s his uncle–I don’t have the book in front of me!) diaries. His […]

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[psvid] “A Fishy Spell” (Tamera Will Wissinger)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from Gone Fishing: A novel (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013), by Tamera Will Wissinger.?I love this novel in verse with a boy main character and aimed at second through fourth graders.?And on top of that, it’s truly told in individual […]

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[psvid] “Blustering Buster” (Linda Ashman)

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Happy National Poetry Month! Thanks for dropping by my Poem Starter Video party. Today’s poem comes from M IS FOR MISCHIEF: An A to Z of Naughty Children(Dutton, 2008), by Linda Ashman. Linda is such a fun and creative rhymer. As with Douglas Florian, one of my favorite rejections was when an editor compared my […]

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