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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On <b>Thursday, February 25, at 7:00 pm</b>, the Clarke Historical Library will host a virtual version of our annual event celebrating children’s books from around the world. The Clarke
holds over 1,500 children’s books in languages other than English. Each year, we celebrate language diversity by inviting members of the CMU community to come into the library, both to read and to listen to these stories in the language in which they are written.
This year, we are going virtual. We have created recordings of about 30 volunteers reading in Japanese, Turkish, German, Polish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bengali, and more. For a sample of what you can see, check out the Clarke’s Twitter -
<a href="https://twitter.com/Clarke_Library/status/1362768116632068101">https://twitter.com/Clarke_Library/status/1362768116632068101</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For this event, we will play segments of the recordings, and we have invited a Central Michigan University world languages professor to talk about the value of these books in showing how
these beautifully illustrated, fanciful stories are found across the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All of the videos will be hosted on a Central Michigan University webpage, which will be announced on Thursday during the program. We will forward that link to this list when it is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This presentation is free and open to the public. The event will be broadcast via Central Michigan University’s videoconferencing tool, Webex, and it will be recorded to enjoy at a later
time. Registration is required for the event and the shortened link to register is:
<a href="https://is.gd/CMUBooksAroundTheWorld">https://is.gd/CMUBooksAroundTheWorld</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Feel free to share this information far and wide!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Clarke is happy to answer any questions that anyone may have—please contact Bryan Whitledge (<a href="mailto:whitl1br@cmich.edu">whitl1br@cmich.edu</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Have a great day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bryan Whitledge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Archivist for University Digital Records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Clarke Historical Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Central Michigan University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">989-774-2159<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:whitl1br@cmich.edu">whitl1br@cmich.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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