<div dir="ltr">I have compiled the responses I received (THANK YOU everyone for your help/advice/encouragement):<div><br></div><div>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Cindi, I would be interested in any results as I am working with some severely disabled students operating at a preschool or more probably infant level starting this week. I have some stories I plan to tell for the first four of ten sessions, but suspect they will work better with the other classes I will be doing with hearing or other disabilities but those students are both younger and cognitively are preschoolers. <span> </span><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I would gladly share what I am doing with you if it's at all of any help. In the case of hearing impairment, you would need a local interpreter. (I am able to tell in voice and sign, so I chose some stories I already tell.) Your mention of sensory storytime was what caught my own attention as their learning may require something more attuned to different sensory methods than I have experienced so far.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Lois<br></p><pre class="gmail-m_-7212640432370672145moz-signature" cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">--
Lois Sprengnether Keel
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</pre><pre class="gmail-m_-7212640432370672145moz-signature" cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></pre><pre class="gmail-m_-7212640432370672145moz-signature" cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">One tip I recall getting is that picture books are fine but look for some that have real people featured in them instead of cartoon characters.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Brenda Dunseth</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Youth Services</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Highland Township Public Library</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">A book that ties well to them could be fun - art activities could be paired with books like Radiant Child by Steptoe. This is also a possible opportunity to use picture books with longer text, depending on your audience’s disabilities and attention span – I’d recommend some of Patricia Polacco’s books, like The Bee Tree or When Lightning Comes in a Jar. If you have BookFlix or Tumblebooks those might be handy as well, particularly if your patrons have tablets handy.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">I found a couple handy resources online for patrons with disabilities as well:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><a href="https://www.urbanlibraries.org/sensory-storytime-for-special-needs-adults-innovation-852.php?page_id=175" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.urbanlibraries.<wbr>org/sensory-storytime-for-<wbr>special-needs-adults-<wbr>innovation-852.php?page_id=175</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><a href="http://brycedontplay.blogspot.com/search/label/accessibility" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://brycedontplay.blogspot.<wbr>com/search/label/accessibility</a><span> </span>- I can’t recommend this blog’s accessibility posts highly enough – great insights into the disabled community.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Hope this helps!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Gillian Streeter<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Lead Librarian I - Youth Services<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Norton Shores Branch<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Muskegon Area District Library</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span> </span>I do special needs storytime all year round. Every month at the library and at my son's school. He's handicapped. My choose picture books and themes at a preschool level. I do have special needs adults attend at times. I hope if you collate a list, please share! Have a great day!<br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Deb<br></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><br></p><div id="gmail-m_-6224869641182426694Signature"><div class="gmail-m_-6224869641182426694BodyFragment"><font size="2"><div class="gmail-m_-6224869641182426694PlainText">Deborah Sobczak<br>Canton Public Library<br>Information Services Librarian<br>My hours: M,W,Th 5p-9p; Fri/Sat 9a-6p</div></font></div></div></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Juvenile nonfiction can be a helpful resource when working with disabled adults: the content is still of interest, it’s visually stimulating, and of course you have the option of choosing a topic or topics that work with the sensory materials you want to use.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,173,71)">Hope E. Nobel, M.S.L.S.<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,86,35)">Director<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(56,86,35)">Tamarack District Library</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Cindi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">My colleague in Adult Services, Ed Niemchak, and I recently presented on this topic at MLA annual this past fall. We are going to be working on a handout of favorite teen/adult sensory story time titles for our 5/1 presentation at the Loleta Fyan Rural Library Conference (“Outgrowing the Seat but Not the Stories: Engaging Teens and Adults with Special Needs at the Library”). I think Ed will be responding to your email with some of his monthly adult sensory story time favorites, too, and we can pass on our handout to you if we don’t see you in Traverse City on 5/1. Here is a recent response I sent to another librarian:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Here are some ideas from my blog posts about our story times for ages 3 - 26 at Wing Lake Developmental Center</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">:<a href="http://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Outreach" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://adaptiveumbrella.<wbr>blogspot.com/search/label/<wbr>Outreach</a><span> </span>.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">When choosing titles for sensory story times, I find it helpful to go with picture books (either fiction or non-fiction) that are interactive, rhythmic, and/or repetitive. (Note: I have found that incorporating interactive/sensory experiences is more important than a book that rhymes.) With an older audience, also try to go with a book that has age respectful illustrations or photographs. Here are a few of my recent favorites:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Sayre, April Pulley (love her books!!) Raindrops Roll, Best in Snow, Rah Rah Radishes, Full of Fall<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hale, Christy Dreaming Up: a Celebration of Building<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Schofield-Morrison, Connie I Got the Rhythm<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ward, Jennifer What Will Grow?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Matheson, Christie Tap the Magic Tree, Plant the Tiny Seed, Touch the Brightest Star<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Messner, Kate Over and Under the Pond, Over and Under the Snow<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Miyakoshi, Akiko The Way Home in the Night<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Wenzel, Brendan They All Saw a Cat<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Henkes, Kevin Birds<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Frazier, Craig Lots of Dots<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Portis, Antoinette Not a Box<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Glad to hear you are offering this program at your library!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Jen Taggart</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Assistant Department Head, Youth Services</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bloomfield Township Public Library</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=1099+Lone+Pine+Road%0D+Bloomfield+Township,+MI+48302&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">1099 Lone Pine Road</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=1099+Lone+Pine+Road%0D+Bloomfield+Township,+MI+48302&entry=gmail&source=g" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Bloomfield Township, MI 48302</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="tel:(248)%20642-5800" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(248)642-5800</a></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.btpl.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.btpl.org</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi Cindi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have offered the program monthly here at BTPL for over two years now and sometimes the hardest part is picking a theme. Even though we work with adults, we try to choose age-respectful books from the youth department.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have explored holidays using books like “Valentine’s Day Is…”, “St. Patrick’s Day Is…”, and “Halloween Is…” (all by Gail Gibbons).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have also celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday one March using “Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” and “My Many Colored Days” both of which explore colors (and the second explores emotions as well), we played a game of Dr. Seuss Bingo using the covers of the books in lieu of numbers.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Arctic White” by: Danna Smith is another cool book which tells the story of a young girl seeing the northern lights for the first time. We also used oil pastels and crayons to draw our own northern lights.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Plant the Tiny Seed” by Christie Matheson and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar are good to explore the theme of things that grow, where you can end by having the patrons plant their own sunflower or other seeds to take home.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">“Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?” by: Rita Gray and “Mama Built a Little Nest” by: Jennifer Ward are good to present a program on birds also.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This year, we are visiting a different country each month. Instead of books though we are using facts and pictures of well-known landmarks, events, and people from each. We are also listening to music from each country and trying to find a craft project unique to the area, as crafts tend to be the biggest hit of the program. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The last thing is that I tend to use the books more as a guide for discussion topics instead of straight reading and description,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Good luck with your first program and let us know if you have more questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Ed Niemchak<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Adult Services Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></p><span class="gmail-im" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span 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<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Cindi L. Place</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Reference & Technology Librarian</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Boyne District Library<br></font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">(231)582-7861</font></div><div><a href="mailto:placec@boynelibrary.org" target="_blank">placec@boynelibrary.org</a></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cindiplace@gmail.com" target="_blank">cindiplace@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><h4 style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0.8em 0px 0px;border:0px;font-family:Roboto-Slab-Light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.4em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);letter-spacing:-0.3449999988079071px"><font size="2">Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.</font></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Roboto-Slab-Light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(85,85,85);letter-spacing:-0.3449999988079071px"><font size="2"><b>–Neil Gaiman</b></font></p></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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