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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">With summer well underway and fall just around the corner, now is a great time to consider exploring resources related to the Farm and Garden, and </span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="color:black">MeL</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> has
lots to offer for this theme! </span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-scholastic.php" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">BookFLIX</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">: There are multiple
book pairs of fiction/nonfiction in this database that are related to farm and garden. As a side note, did you know that each BookFLIX book pair has a Lesson Plan? And that the lesson plan includes plot summaries for the pair? Be sure to check it out when
you look at some of this week’s recommended book pairs: </span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">“Animals and Nature”</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Click, Clack, Moo</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>Let’s Visit a Dairy Farm</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Giggle, Giggle, Quack</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>Living on Farms</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Planting a Rainbow</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>It Could Still Be a Flower</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Rosie’s Walk</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>A Chick Grows Up</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">3 Little Pigs</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>Pigs</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">“Earth and Sky”</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Curious Garden</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>Our Earth: Helping Out</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Miss Ramphius</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>From Seed to Dandelion</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">“People and Places”</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Johnny Appleseed</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and the nonfiction by the same name</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Strega Nona</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>Grains</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">“ABCs and 123s”</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;word-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">Goldilocks and the Three Bears</span></i></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and <i>A Garden Full of Sizes</i></span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"> </span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-brit.php?database=BRHIGH" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Britannica School</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">:
A nice feature of Britannica School is the ability to create and share Resource Packs. Our friends at Britannica pulled together two Agriculture resource packs for us. To access them, you must first open any level of Britannica to geo-locate your computer,
then click on one of the following links:</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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in this pack are good for reading levels through 7th grade. Level 1 articles are for grades 3 and 4 and Level 2 articles are for grades 5 through 7.)</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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in this pack cover reading levels from 5th grade and up. Level 2 articles cover grades 5 through 7 and Level 3 articles are for 8th grade and above. Level 3 would be what you would find in a traditional print version of Encyclopedia Britannica.)</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://worldbookonline.com/ewol/home?subacct=O6106" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Early World of Learning</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">: For our
youngest learners, the main encyclopedia section, <i>Know It!</i>, includes a Plants category. Also, follow Trek, the scarecrow, on a dozen different <i>Trek’s Travels</i> adventures in the <i>Read</i> section. Finally, in <i>Watch</i>, check out the videos
about Animals, Plants, and even a tractor in Machines.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=EBOOK" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">eBooks</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">: Learn
all about this week’s theme with more than </span></span><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&bquery=farming&cli0=NL&clv0=Y&type=0&site=ehost-live" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">600
Farming eBooks</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and over </span></span><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&bquery=gardening&cli0=NL&clv0=Y&type=0&site=ehost-live" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">400
Gardening eBooks</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"> from EBSCO K-8 eBooks.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=GVRL" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Gale Virtual Reference Library</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">:
This collection of eReference books has a few things of interest this week. Learn about </span></span><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3404500179/GVRL?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GVRL&xid=de7d518c" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Farm
Policy</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> and </span></span><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3404500178/GVRL?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GVRL&xid=be909524" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Farm
Foreclosures</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> during the Great Depression or about related farming industries in the </span></span><a href="http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=lom_accessmich&v=2.1&it=etoc&id=GALE%7C9781414486864&sid=GVRL" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Encyclopedia
of American Industries</span></i></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="color:black">. </span></i><span style="color:black">Also find out how </span></span><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2761000163/GVRL?u=lom_accessmich&sid=GVRL&xid=f2f0b70a" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Agriculture</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> is
related to computer science.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=NOVEL" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">NoveList K8+</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">:
Are you looking for some book recommendations for kids and pre-teens through 8th grade? Check out the “Books” and the “Lists and Articles” tabs for </span></span><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=farm&type=0&site=novpk8-live" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Farms</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> as
well as </span></span><a href="http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=gardening&type=0&site=novpk8-live" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Gardening</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=OVIC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Opposing Viewpoints in Context</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">:
For teens and adults looking to learn more about controversial issues related to farms and gardening, this database offers the following topics:</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-gale.php?database=MSIC" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Research in Context</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">:
This middle school database, which could also be appealing to adults, includes a topic page on </span></span><a href="http://link.galegroup.com/apps/portal/JPQQZY689754751/MSIC?u=lom_accessmich&sid=MSIC&xid=90e715cc" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Migrant
Workers</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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over 1,000 physical resources related to </span></span><a href="http://search.mel.org/iii/encore/search/C__SFarm%20and%20garden__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=def" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:blue">Farm and Garden</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black"> (and
even more if you search the terms individually).</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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