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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) via Michlib-l <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">







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<span style="color:black">Library of Michigan has selected I Got the Rhythm written by Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrated Frank Morrison for the first
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<span style="color:rgb(29,87,130);text-decoration:none">Ready to Read Michigan</span></a> book program!<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<i>Ready to Read Michigan</i> is meant to model to parents and care givers the 5 practices of early literacy from PLA’s Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR); talk, read, play, sing, write.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<i>Ready to Read Michigan</i> is for “March is Reading Month” programming at public libraries and to conduct outreach and promote the importance of reading aloud to young children throughout the state.   <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">1 book for storytime use both in and outside the library (please add to circulating collection when you retire the storytime program)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">3 books for outreach to local school libraries/classrooms/child care facilities that the public librarian can visit and do an outreach storytime in March.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">4 posters, 1 for your library and 3 for the outreach storytimes.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Bookmarks promoting the book with early literacy tips<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">An online Storytime Programming Guide that highlights themes from the book, activities to model the five practices of ECRR, read-a-likes and activity printables. <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class="m_-1551308126540774125gdp" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt">For details or questions, please contact Cathy Lancaster, Youth Services Coordinator at the Library of Michigan,
 at 517-335-8129 or <a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov?subject=Ready%20to%20Read%20Michigan" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(29,87,130);text-decoration:none">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a>. Please note that the similar
<i>Michigan Reads!</i> program ended in Spring of 2017.  Funding is no longer available for the Library of Michigan to provide books to all schools, Great Starts, and so forth.  We are asking public libraries across Michigan to reach out to organizations that
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<i><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> This program is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.</span></i><span style="color:black;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;font-size:12pt">Library of Michigan</span><span lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;font-size:12pt">517-335-8129</span><span lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;font-size:12pt">517-373-5700 f</span><span lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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