Small Reads for Brighters Days
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’d love to sell more trade books (the kind like Stampede, where I write a book I love and find a publisher who wants to publish it). And I do have two more in the works for 2011 and 2012–yay! But right now, at least, my bread […]
Here’s book 10 of the 10 Capstone poetry books I wrote in 2007. If you haven’t already heard about the overall process, and if you’re interested, you can read about it here. After having written 9 poetry collections in one year, I was ready for the final book–to be over. It wasn’t that I didn’t […]
Here’s book 9 of the 10 Capstone poetry books I wrote in 2007. If you haven’t already heard about the overall process, and if you’re interested, you can read about it here. After I finished Chatter, Sing, Roar, Buzz: Poems About the Rain Forest, I moved on to the food poetry collection. I wasn’t […]
I’ve been primarily writing books for the K-3 range for the past several years, and one of the educational publishers I write steadily for is Picture Window Books. I really enjoy writing for them, and I love the finished books. I think I have a good sense of writing for this age range, and I […]
Here’s book 8 of the 10 Capstone poetry books I wrote in 2007. If you haven’t already heard about the overall process, and if you’re interested, you can read about it here. After I finished A Fuzzy-Fast Blur: Poems About Pets, I moved on to the rain forest collection. This was another one I […]
Way back in January I started telling you about my Capstone poetry books.?In 2007, I wrote 10 of them! Six came out in the spring, and four more came out a couple of months ago. I just haven’t had a chance to blog about them yet. ? The overall process for the second batch of […]
Yesterday, School Library Journal published an article by Lee Bock, rounding up "recommended" fall books for preschoolers and elementary kids in four different categories. And I’m so excited that Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights was included: SALAS, Laura Purdie. Shrinking Days, Frosty Nights: Poems About Fall. (Poetry Series). Capstone/A+ Bks. 2008. PLB $23.93. ISBN 978-1-4296-1205-0. K-Gr […]
Back in January, I told you about a set of four science songs books I was assigned to write. I turned the books in and have been waiting and waiting and waiting to hear about revisions. Because trying to include tons of content as well as match the meter of a traditional song was a […]
I’ve been working on two new nonfiction books the past few weeks. I originally wrote six books on different ecosystems for Picture Window Books a few years ago. They contacted me recently to ask if I could write two more, on a very quick turnaround. I said yes and started putting books on reserve […]
Last week, I received the author copies to the last book out of my set of 6 Capstone poetry books! I think this was the third book I wrote in the series, and it presented a little bit of a special challenge. Because the theme of the book was color, I wasn’t quite sure whether […]
