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<span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ready to Read Michigan is Coming in March 2018!<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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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">As the school year begins I wanted to update you that although the <i>Michigan Reads</i>! program was retired with the March 2017
program, a new <b><i>Ready to Read Michigan</i></b> program is set to launch by March 2018. Stay tuned for
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<span style="color:#1D5782;text-decoration:none">details </span></a>on the new 2018 program, designed specifically to assist public libraries with early literacy outreach! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Cathy Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="color:black">|</span></b><span style="color:black"> 517-335-8129
<b>|</b> </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</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:
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