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<p class="MsoNormal">Kwame Alexander!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cslpreads.org/nationalsummerreadingchampion/">http://www.cslpreads.org/nationalsummerreadingchampion/</a> If you want to share that out on social media, feel free - #MiSummerReads #CSLPreads
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<p class="MsoNormal">Other good news: The manuals are on their way to me, and I’ll get those shipped out to your library as soon as possible. The 2017 slogan clip art is now available on the CSLP site, as is information on the 2017 Teen Video Challenge.
Attaching the entry form & details for Michigan, which is also available (after 6pm today) online at
<a href="http://www.mi.gov/summerreading">www.mi.gov/summerreading</a>. More to come about the contest early next week.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a great weekend. <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">Statewide Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;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="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">Help us acknowledge and celebrate the great work of Michigan educators! Go to:
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/proudMIeducator"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/proudMIeducator</span></a>
<span style="color:red">today.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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