<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I read them too and I think there were 191 pages. Why would I remember that??</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>Christine Lind Hage,</font></span><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">President, United for Libraries<br></font><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library<br>500 Olde Towne Road<br>Rochester, MI 48307-2043<br>248/650-7122</font></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br></font></span></div><div><p>Raising a reader is: <span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Talking </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">* </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Singing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> * </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Reading </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">* </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Writing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> * </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(227,108,10);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Playing</span></p><p><span style="color:#e36c0a"></span></p><p></p></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Mary Hanson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hansonm@mercyhealth.com" target="_blank">hansonm@mercyhealth.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I read a lot of them in the late 50's. The ones I saw were hardcovers—turquoise. I got in trouble for reading them, too. We were only supposed read the books
in our individual class rooms, but I discovered a stash of them in the teachers workroom. I would sneak in and climb up the shelves to reach the books. Someone caught most every time, but apparently I didn't care. I read three shelves worth.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Saint Mary's Health Sciences Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">200 Jefferson Ave SE<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Sally D. Arrivee <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2014 3:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@lists.mcls.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] series from th 1980's<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Childhood of Famous Americans series is from the late 1950's and 1960's. I was a children's librarian in the early part of my career and remember when
those books were moved from biography to fiction. The versions I read had orange covers and the illustrations were done in black silhouettes. They have updated the series and there is a volume on Harry Houdini that came out in 1969 and was reissued in 1991.<br>
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Madison Heights Public Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Maybe the Childhood of Famous Americans series?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a> <<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>> on behalf of Kerry Fitzgerald <<a href="mailto:kfitzgerald@loutitlibrary.org" target="_blank">kfitzgerald@loutitlibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 13, 2014 2:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Hassell<br>
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1960s (or maybe earlier) and featured b&w line drawings illustrating the person's life. The covers featured the same artwork, and the background color for each book jacket was a different color. I remember reading the book on Eleanor Roosevelt (blue/gray,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#212121">Big help, right? I poked around with keyword searches in library catalogs, but of course these books are long gone from library shelves. No luck with the Amazon marketplace
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Kerry FitzGerald, Assistant Director<br>
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