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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Greetings Michigan Library Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Why did a scarecrow win the Nobel prize?... Because he was outstanding in his field!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The recent survey that we ran about MeL Minutes found that themes were very popular. We aim to please. You will see more “themed” MeL Minutes in upcoming months.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For more than a century now, people in the U.S. have celebrated Scarecrow Day on the first Sunday of July. To help Michigan celebrate on July 1st of this year, we wanted
to offer some great ideas for programming at your library or for families to do together at home using MeL resources!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Host a “How to Build a Scarecrow” activity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From <a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=GRGM">
General Reference Center Gold</a>: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A90683721/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=99a65715">Fragrant scarecrow. (Seasonal Scent)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A20906609/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=7d78a554">Recycle Sam tin-can scarecrow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A135813952/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=9c0c843a">Corny, creative scarecrows</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A84369979/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=51d9d558">Digital scarecrows. (country lore: readers' tips to live by)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A13189905/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=fc6557ea">Not-so-scary Harry</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A209899606/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=05ebacd2">Homemade garden guard: scarecrows have a long history and are fun to make</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From <a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=ITKE">
Kids InfoBits</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A168737633/ITKE?u=lom_accessmich&sid=ITKE&xid=59c3e67e">Sew your scarecrow
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A20524499/ITKE?u=lom_accessmich&sid=ITKE&xid=8d6acc7a">Let’s make a scarecrow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A231739226/ITKE?u=lom_accessmich&sid=ITKE&xid=a9b77bb6">Ready, set, create! Make a scarecrow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dress a Scarecrow and Run Game (taken from
<a href="http://www.kidactivities.net/month-july-ideas-page-2/">http://www.kidactivities.net/month-july-ideas-page-2/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Stock up on oversized plaid shirts, goofy pants, floppy hats and any other clothing that a scarecrow might wear. Make piles containing one of each item. The number of piles is determined
either by the number of kids or teams participating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Line up kids and let the game begin!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The children run to the pile, put on the outfit, and dart back to the starting line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">If doing it as a team game, they then switch the outfit with their teammate–who runs out and back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">First team with their last team member dressed as a scarecrow wins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Research stories, articles, poems, and games about scarecrows from MeL Databases:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=386547&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_57">Spooky Ballet: The Case of the Whistling Scarecrow
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A245036492/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=bcf567d4">Scarecrows, lava, and why we get the chills: do scarecrows actually scare crows?</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A21201638/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=89898292">Vanishing scarecrows</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A240098737/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=700b9366">The Fake Scarecrow: A Chinese Fable</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A136074299/GRGM?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GRGM&xid=62173e81">Scarecrow puzzler</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>open </i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=NOVEL"><i>NoveList K8+</i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050"> first, then click on the following
link</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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See a list of books about scarecrows. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050">Video:
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Could Robotic Birds Lead to Safer Air Travel? </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=O6106">World Book for Kids</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050"> -
<i>open </i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=O6106"><i>World Book for Kids</i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050"> first, then click on the following link:</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home?subacct=O6106#article/ar831928">Scarecrow article
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any of the following links:</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1155CC"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of OZ ebook </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050">Other online resources outside of MeL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#500050">Modern Farmer -
<a href="https://modernfarmer.com/2014/05/scarecrow-history-effigy/">Hay, Man: The Curious Life and Times of Scarecrow</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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