Laura Purdie Salas

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Would Your Students Like to Write with Me?

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If you’d like to have an author visit, but it’s just not doable right now (for so many reasons!), check out my Small Writes video! In this first edition, I’m doing equation poems with students. You play the video, and your students write with or just after me. It’s short. It’s inexpensive. And it’s a […]

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A Halloween Riddle-Ku [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Howdy, everyone–thanks for your warm thoughts last week. My sister was briefly out of the hospital but is back in šŸ™ The yo-yoing back and forth is wearing her down. Anyway, your kind thoughts here and other social media really touched me and my sisters. […]

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Petting Zoo [Poetry Friday]

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) First off–a big thanks for the Poetry Friday folks who attended the Moving Words library event I participated in last weekend. It was WONDERFUL to see familiar names in the attendees list and see your comments in the chat box :>) If anyone’s interested in […]

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A Virtual Storywalk for If You Were the Moon #ClassroomConnections

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Did you see the full moon last night? Sighā€¦one of my favorite things in the world. Dakota County Library in Minnesota has created a virtual storywalk of my book If You Were the Moon (Millbrook Press, illus by Jaime Kim). Itā€™s set up in a park so itā€™s as if youā€™re walking through the park […]

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Vacation Time #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Thanks for all your empathy and sharing last week when I shared a poem about sad books. You guys are the best. This week, I’m sharing another poem written for BookSpeak, but this one is actually in the book!   This poem’s also in a […]

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Moving Toward Independence

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Weā€™re coming up on July 4ā€”the day the United States celebrates its independence. Lots of picture books also celebrate independence, since itā€™s a crucial journey kids embark on. This includes my newest photo picture book, Secrets of the Loon. In it, Moon Loon has to learn LOTS of skills to become independent! To extend the […]

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The World’s Last Magic Bean #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) I’m sharing another poem readaloud from one of my 30 Painless Classroom Poems books. Now, today, I’m sharing another poem from Fairy Tale Garage Sale, which has the concept that all the characters in fairy tales are selling off their unneeded items. It’s another Jack […]

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Fee-Fie-Foe-Fairian: Surprise! Iā€™m Vegetarian! #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) Last week, I shared a poem from my book A Need to Feed. Some of you asked when it was coming out, and the answer is that it’s been out for years. It’s part of a little paperback set of books I did for teachers […]

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Blue Whale’s Apology #PoetryFriday

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Happy Poetry Friday! (Wondering what Poetry Friday is? Click here.) A few cool things before my poem: I’m excited to share the awesome news that Snowman-Cold=Puddle is on the ILA Teachers’ Choice Reading List! Also, I recently created a bunch of #readaloud videos of some of my books and a few poems and put them […]

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Read-aloud Videos for All Three Can Be… Books

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Lerner has graciously given permission for authors and illustrators to share readaloud videos of their books on public platforms until June 30. So, here are my first three: I was a little (!) awkward on my first try. Here’s A LEAF CAN BE…   I got a little more comfortable with WATER CAN BE…   […]

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