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<em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library."</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">~ Beverly Cleary <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0000EE">Sue McCleaf Nespeca</span></a>.  To learn about upcoming webinars and additional training opportunities from the Library of Michigan be sure to check our
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<span style="color:#0000EE">wrote about the RFP process</span></a> we’re engaged in to support the development of literacy for early readers. Specifically, we’re interested in adding full-text/full book content for early readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The technical scoring phase of the process has been completed for the 6 proposals we received and there were 3 eResource vendors (Gale, EBSCO, and Coughlin Capstone )
 that passed technical scoring. We are now ready for phase 2 which is to test drive these eResources and share feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are two parts to this process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attend product demonstration webinars from each of the three vendors.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Participate in product trials with the products each vendor is offering.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MeL’s early reader product demonstration webinars are this week, with details found in the Google doc above:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday April 16, 9-10:30 AM, EBSCO<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:5.25pt;line-height:140%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many thanks for your participation in this process!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Library of Michigan<br>
Michigan Department of Education<br>
517-335-1497<br>
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 print books increases verbalization in toddlers and it increases interaction between parents and their todd, as opposed to e-books, according to a new study recently published.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 in Parent-Toddler Interactions With Electronic Versus Print Books</span></a> was  published by <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pediatrics</span></em> (April 2019, Volume 143, Issue 4).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While the percentage of Americans reading electronic books has risen, Dr. Tiffany Munzer, University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, told ABC News "The print
 book is really the gold star standard in eliciting positive interactions between parents and their children."  She went on to estimate that 30 percent of children read e-books at least once a week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn more by reading the recent segment from ABC News: <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwNDE1LjQ3NDUxMjEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwNDE1LjQ3NDUxMjEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNzYwNDI3MiZlbWFpbGlkPUxhbmNhc3RlckM1QG1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9TGFuY2FzdGVyQzVAbWljaGlnYW4uZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&115&&&https://abcnews.go.com/Health/toddlers-engage-print-books-tablets/story?id=61935415" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000EE">Toddlers
 Engage More with Print Books than with Tablets: Study</span></a> </span></em>(3/25/19).  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ISBN: 9780763677534<br>
If you're a fan of "Mercy Watson," you'll love this picture book version about the beginnings of this early reader star!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Little Red Stroller</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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ISBN: 9780735228801<br>
A colorful picture book that depicts a variety of families as they pass one red stroller through a chain of children as they each out grow it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ledyard, Stephanie<br>
ISBN: 9780823441563<br>
Poetic text and warm illustrations guide the young child through fears they may be feeling about a big moving-day in their lives, with a re-assuring ending of "home." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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