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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">35 Michigan Libraries Hosting 2019 Braille Enhanced StoryWalk<sup>®</sup> for Visually-Impaired
Kids</span></strong><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">May 7, 2019</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">LANSING – Families with visually-impaired children are encouraged to explore stories by touch and reading aloud while enjoying outdoor
activities at 35 public libraries across the state as part of the 2019 Braille Enhanced StoryWalk<sup>®</sup>, the Library of Michigan (LM) announced today.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">“StoryWalk is a fun, educational activity conceived as a way to inspire parents and caregivers to take young children outdoors for physical
activity and to engage in literacy,” State Librarian Randy Riley said. “By including braille, libraries help embrace accessibility and equal access to information, especially for the hundreds of visually-impaired students in Michigan’s public schools.”</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The second-annual event is a collaboration of the Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL); LM; and Michigan Department of Education
– Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO).</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The 35 participating libraries are:</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Allen Park Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Big Rapids Community Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Bloomfield Township Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Branch District Library, Coldwater</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Briggs District Library, St. Johns</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Chesterfield Township Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clarkston Independence District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clinton-Macomb Public Library/Macomb Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Flint Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Frankenmuth Wickson District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Genesee District Library: Fenton-Winegarden Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Grosse Pointe Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Highland Township Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Homer Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Howard Miller Library, Zeeland</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Huntington Woods Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jonesville District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jordan Valley District Library, East Jordan</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Lenox Township Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Milan Public Library, Milan</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Muskegon Area District Library for the Visually & Physically Disabled</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oscoda County Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Portage District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Portage Lake District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Public Libraries of Saginaw: Zauel Memorial Library and Butman-Fish Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Rawson Memorial Library, Cass City</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Redford Township</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Richfield Township Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Salem South Lyon District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Saline District Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Spies Public Library, Menominee</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Stair District Library, Morenci</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sterling Heights Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Superior District Library, Sault Ste. Marie</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Please contact a participating library for dates and location.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">For more information on StoryWalk<sup>®</sup>, contact Cathy Lancaster, Youth Services Coordinator at the LM, at 517-335-8129 or at
<a href="mailto:lancasterc5@michigan.gov">lancasterc5@michigan.gov</a>. </span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The StoryWalk<sup>®</sup> Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard
Library. StoryWalk<sup>®</sup> is a registered service mark owned by Ferguson. This project was made possible, in part, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services funds, administered by the LM.</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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