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<p class="gdp" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan is announcing the 2017
<a href="http://www.read.gov/letters/"><span style="color:#1D5782">Letters about Literature</span></a> program. We are the Michigan host for this national program from the Library of Congress. It is a reading-writing contest that invites readers in grades 4
through 12 to write letters to authors of books that have changed their lives. This program gives students the opportunity to reflect deeply on a book. As readers, they come to understand how literature is more than assignment, but also a life changing experience.
Children and teens can participate on their own or as part of a library or class project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="gdp" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2017 letters will be due in two waves. Level III entries (grades 9-12) have a deadline of December 2, 2016, and Level I and
II entries (grades 4-6 and 7-8) have a deadline of January 9, 2017. The state and national winners will be announced in May 2017. You can find more information about the national program at
<a href="http://www.read.gov/letters/"><span style="color:#1D5782">www.read.gov/letters/</span></a> and the Michigan program at
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices"><span style="color:#1D5782">www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices</span></a>. You will find the 2017 flyer and entry form here:
<a href="http://www.read.gov/documents/LAL16-Guidelines.pdf">http://www.read.gov/documents/LAL16-Guidelines.pdf</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions about the program. I’ll be asking for volunteer judges in the coming months.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Cathy Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Youth Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">517-335-8129<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">517-373-5700 f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2E74B5"><a href="http://mi.gov/top10in10"><span style="color:#2E74B5">http://mi.gov/top10in10</span></a>/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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