Salas, Laura Purdie

Guidance and many examples provide help and ideas for writing poetry, covering such aspects as poetic forms, meter, imagery, and language.

Explains life cycles and includes the lyrics to a song that can help children remember the information presented, sung to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey.".

Explains the difference between things that are living and nonliving, and presents the lyrics to a song that can help children remember the science of living and nonliving things, sung to the tune of "Are You Sleeping?".

This book tells about the five senses and includes a song about the senses to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad.".

A collection of school-related photographs and poetry for children that demonstrates a variety of poetic forms.

A collection of original, rain forest-themed poetry accompanied by photographs, and presents a variety of common poetic forms with definitions of poetic devices.

A collection of original, food-themed poetry with photographs, demonstrating a variety of common poetic forms, and provides definitions of poetic devices.

A collection of pet-themed poetry for children that includes full-color photographs of dogs, cats, birds, snakes, fish, hamsters, and others.

Describes the location, weather, layers, plants, and animals of the rain forest, explains how rain forest resources help people, and discusses the importance of preserving the rain forest ecosystem.