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Laura Purdie Salas

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Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 130 books for kids and teens, including WATER CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2014), A LEAF CAN BE... (Millbrook, 2012), and BOOKSPEAK! POEMS ABOUT BOOKS (Clarion, 2011). She loves to introduce kids to poetry and help them find poems they can relate to, no matter what their age, mood, and personality.

Laura is a thinker, a cupcake and brownie addict, and an adventurer (as long as it doesn't involve skydiving). ...more

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Getting Cozy for Fall–Knitting, STEM, Measuring, & Friendship Skills

Let’s talk about fall—my favorite season! It’s the perfect time to break out some knitted goodies. I haven’t knitted any gloves this year, but I’ve been working on this triangular shawlet for forEVER. If You Want to Knit Some Mittens is great for discussions about the process of getting from sheep to mittens, along with [...] Read more of this blog post »

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	A Leaf Can Be . . . (Can Be . . . Books) by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Violeta Dabija (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Can Be . . . (Can Be . . . Books) 4.24 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BookSpeak!: Poems about Books by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Josée Bisaillon (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Hiroe Nakata (Illustrations) 4.30 avg rating — 786 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rock Can Be . . . (Can Be . . . Books) by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Violeta Dabija (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 551 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Were the Moon by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Jaime Kim (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Mercè López (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 363 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Elly MacKay (Illustrations) 4.12 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Claudine Gévry (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 250 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snowman - Cold = Puddle: Spring Equations by Laura Purdie Salas (Goodreads Author), Micha Archer (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 228 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Laura is Currently Reading

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Code Word Courage (Dogs of World War II Book 4)

by Kirby Larson (Goodreads Author)

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The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass

by Edward O. Wilson

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Strange Weather

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Quotes by Laura Purdie Salas (?)

“And she is the reader
who browses the shelf
and looks for new worlds
but finds herself.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, BookSpeak!: Poems about Books

tags: books, readers

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“Prickly

When I'm feeling
porcupine-y,
I get nasty,
I get whiny.

Stay away or
I might stick you.
My sharp words are
quills to prick you.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School

tags: angry, humor, poetry-quotes, porcupine

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“On a day like today,
there's no friend like a book.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, BookSpeak!: Poems about Books

tags: books

4 likes

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Laura’s Quotes

“On a day like today,
there's no friend like a book.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, BookSpeak!: Poems about Books

tags: books

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“And she is the reader
who browses the shelf
and looks for new worlds
but finds herself.”
― Laura Purdie Salas, BookSpeak!: Poems about Books

tags: books, readers

53 likes

tags: angry, humor, poetry-quotes, porcupine

11 likes

“That is the purpose of museums, of course. One does not go merely to collect facts and souvenirs and picture post cards, but to enlarge one's notion of all that has been, and all that is, and all that might be. In this way we begin to understand what part each of us was born to play in the marvelous tale of existence.”
― Maryrose Wood, The Unmapped Sea

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