From Snowflakesto Avalanche: Meet Laura Purdie Salas, the Puzzle Poet

Authors

  • Sylvia Vardell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.17.3.7

Abstract

Laura Purdie Salas grew up in Florida, currently lives in Minnesota, is a former teacher, and is now a prolific poet and frequent presenter with more than 130 books to her credit. She has authored both poetry and nonfiction, as well as resource books for educators and aspiring writers. Her work has been recognized with multiple awards, including selection as a National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Notable book, an International Literacy Association Teachers’ Choice, and a Junior Library Guild Selection.

Author Biography

Sylvia Vardell

Sylvia Vardell is Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University where she teaches graduate courses in literature for children and young adults. She is a recipient of the American Library Association’s Scholastic Library Publishing Award and has authored several books on literature for children, including co-editing poetry anthologies with poet Janet Wong. She maintains the Poetry for Children blog, writes a poetry column for ALA’s Book Links magazine, and has conducted presentations at state, regional, national, and international conferences.

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Published

2019-09-03

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2019): Fall

Section

Features

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