Laura Purdie Salas

Water can be a? ? Thirst quencher ? Kid drencher ? Cloud fluffer ? Fire snuffer Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.

Water Can Be . . .

Haiku for All Seasons

Lion of the Sky

Describes some of the different kinds of gloves that people wear.

A Look at Gloves Workers Wear - Leather, Cloth, and Rubber

Whose Gloves Are These?

Describes various types of shoes worn by different people, including ballerinas, athletes, divers, and construction workers.

A Look at Workers' Footwear - Slippers, Sneakers, and Boots

Whose Shoes Are These?

Explains why forest fires occur and describes the techniques used to fight forest fires, the damage they inflict, their role in the the natural cycle of a forest, and some famous forest fires.

Forest Fires

Clover Kitty does NOT want to go to kittygarten! Although she might like a friend to play with, kittygarten feels overwhelming for a sensory-sensitive kitty like Clover. And when she arrives, it is exactly as she fears: her classroom is too loud, the lights are too bright, and everyone comes too close. So Clover throws a fit...and decides to quit kittygarten. But when a classmate comes to check on her, she begins to reconsider. Maybe it's time for Clover to give kittygarten another chance....

Clover Kitty Goes to Kittygarten

A discussion of the scale and skin colors that help animals hide, hunt, attract, and repel.

Crayola Wild World of Animal Colors

Describes the physical characteristics, subgroups, habitats, and behaviors of mammals.

Hairy, Milk-Making Animals

Mammals

If you were a quart or a liter, you would be the amount a container could hold. You could be a carton of ice cream, a jug of juice, or a can of motor oil. What else could you be if you were a quart or a liter?

If You Were a Quart or a Liter

In this humorous picture book, a girl's desire to knit mittens leads to something even better: the warmth of friendship. How do you knit a pair of mittens? The first step is to get a sheep of course! In this playful story, a girl follows 18 steps to knit mittens--from bringing home a sheep to carding, spinning, and dyeing the wool to knitting the mittens. But along the way, her mischievous sheep creates chaos and wins her heart. By wintertime, the girl has sunny-yellow mittens, the sheep has a sunny-yellow hat, and together they're ready for adventure. This tale of patience, creativity, and friendship is knitted from skeins of humor and love.

If You Want to Knit Some Mittens

Learn about wolf pups, baby orangutans, and many other baby animals in this sweet picture book featuring rhyming verse and informational text!

Animal Babies and Their Families

Meet My Family!

Celebrate the adventures of a group of swinging, singing, swooping, and swarming students at school.

Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School

Stampede!

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Water can be a . . . • Thirst quencher • Kid drencher • Cloud fluffer • Fire snuffer Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.

The world is your laboratoryit's time to make a rainbow! Bursting with color, this book takes a delightful approach to learning the colors of the rainbow and how they progress along a spectrum. Vibrant photos, charming illustrations, and lyrical text introduce readers to all the colors of the rainbow. A back matter feature shows the Crayola colors in the photos and illustrations throughout the book.

A Crayola Color Story

How to Make a Rainbow

If you were the moon, what would you do? You'd spin like a twilight ballerina and play dodgeball with space rocks! Find out more in this lyrical list poem accompanied by stunning illustrations.

If You Were the Moon

We all belong! You and I, we're alike, / but we're different too. / That's not good. / That's not bad. / It's just what is true. Explore and celebrate who you are and who others are too! Rhyming verse by Laura Purdie Salas invites others to notice the diversity of our world and affirm that we all belong, just as we are. Bright illustrations by Carlos Vélez Aquilera feature a diverse group of children, playing and learning in an urban setting.

We Belong

Water can be a--- Thirst quencher- Kid drencher- Cloud fluffer- Fire snufferFind out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout the year.

Poetry + Math + Science = A new way of looking at spring Math meets metaphor in this eye-opening exploration of spring. Each clever equation is a tiny, perfect poem that prompts readers to look at the ordinary and see the miraculous. Can you look at an egg in a nest and see a jewelry box? How are sunlight and heat like an alarm clock? Engaging sidebars reveal the science behind the signs of spring.

Spring Equations

Snowman - Cold = Puddle

What would you do if you were the moon? Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a pathway for baby sea turtles. Discover the many other roles the moon plays in this whimsical and lyrical picture book.

Laura Purdie Salas

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