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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=000243714-14012014>Hey! <SPAN class=203024714-14012014> I've just
heard that folks close enough to drive into Ann Arbor are in for a real
treat!!</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><SPAN
class=203024714-14012014></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><SPAN
class=203024714-14012014></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>3 time Caldecott runner-up and <SPAN
class=203024714-14012014>multiple Coretta Scott </SPAN>King winner Bryan Collier
is doing a program in Ann Arbor. <SPAN class=203024714-14012014>What an
opportunity for you, any of your patrons, who are interested in illustrating (or
writing).</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=203024714-14012014></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here's a bit about
him:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=000243714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial>He won both the
</FONT><A title="Coretta Scott King Award"
href="blocked::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King_Award"><FONT
color=#0066cc size=2 face=Arial>Coretta Scott King Award</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>, as illustrator, and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for
<I>Uptown</I> (Holt, 2000), the first book he both wrote and illustrated. He has
won six King Awards as illustrator and he is a three-time </FONT><A
title="Caldecott Medal"
href="blocked::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal"><FONT color=#0066cc
size=2 face=Arial>Caldecott Medal</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> runner-up.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For his lifetime contribution as a children's
illustrator, Collier is <SPAN class=203024714-14012014>the </SPAN>U.S.
nominee for the biennial, international </FONT><A
title="Hans Christian Andersen Award"
href="blocked::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen_Award"><FONT
color=#0066cc size=2 face=Arial>Hans Christian Andersen Award</FONT></A><FONT
size=2 face=Arial> in 2014</FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bryan Collier<BR>@ the Pittsfield Branch of
AADL<BR>Sunday, January 19th at 2:00 p.m. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=203024714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please pass the word
along!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=203024714-14012014><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=203024714-14012014><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Call the Ann Arbor
District Library for more information.
734-327-4200.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><B><FONT color=red size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trinigan FG'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
<DIV align=left>
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size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trinigan FG'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Shutta
Crum<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoAutoSig align=left><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A title=http://www.shutta.com/
href="http://www.shutta.com/"><B><FONT title=http://www.shutta.com/
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Vani><SPAN title=http://www.shutta.com/><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">http://www.shutta.com</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></A></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoAutoSig align=left><B><FONT size=2
face=Vani><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
class=035455221-06102012>Dozens of Cousins. Clarion,
2013.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoAutoSig><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
class=035455221-06102012></SPAN><FONT face=Vani>Mine! Alfred A. Knopf,
2011.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoAutoSig><B><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT face=Vani>Thomas
and the Dragon Queen. Knopf, 2010.</FONT>
</SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV>
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