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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Library Community,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are in the process of reorganizing and replacing outdated books in our juvenile nonfiction collection and one area in need of updating is our books on countries of the world. What we have now is mostly made up of the “Enchantment of the World” series from Scholastic, made up of about 100 books with a page count of 144 pages each. We like the detail and depth that these longer books offer, making them a good resource for middle school students. However, they were purchased with a grant back in 2006 and are now outdated. We are hoping to find a new collection that was published preferably within the past 3 years and is geared toward middle school students, not elementary, but aren’t sure from our research if such a thing exists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What I’m hoping to find out is how other libraries have handled updating their countries of the world books. Has anyone else done this recently? Did you find a series you liked that has been published or updated recently? Or did you opt to instead focus on continents, regions, or cultures rather than individual countries? Or offer students online resources instead of books? Or did you do something else entirely?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions are welcome!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank You!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script";color:#ED7D31'>Audrey Glass<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Youth Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>Rauchholz Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>1140 N Hemlock Rd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>Hemlock MI 48626<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#3D5E38'>989-642-8621<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#538135'><img width=182 height=63 style='width:1.8958in;height:.6562in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D80BB3.9C581760" alt=RML-logo-smaller><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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