Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 120 books for kids and teens, including Water Can Be. , A Leaf Can Be. , and Bookspeak! Poems about Books . Poetry and rhyming books are her favorite things to write, and she loves to combine poetry/verse with nonfiction. Laura loves to do school visits (in-person and Skype), writing workshops, and teacher inservices. Read more about Laura and her work at laurasalas.com.