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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) 2023’s All Together Now National Summer Reading Champion</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>will be announced on Monday, May 22<sup>nd</sup></b> – and it’s a big one! However, due to our partnership agreement, CSLP must keep it a secret for now… Meanwhile, we have the task of asking libraries to consider stocking the following titles that will
be featured on a specially selected reading list our National Summer Reading Champion will be pushing out publicly. CSLP is asking member libraries to consider stocking the following books this summer, as patrons may come looking for them:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Very Good Hats</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Emma Straub<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Juneteenth</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Van G. Garrett
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Summer is for Cousins</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Dr. Rajani LaRocca
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Why Did the Monster Cross the Road?</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by R.L. Stine and Marc Brown
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">BIG</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Vashti Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Giving Tree</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Shel Silverstein
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">How to Write a Poem</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Kwame Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Judy Blume
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Dav Pilkey
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The One and Only Ruby</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Katherine Applegate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ways to Grow Love</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (A Ryan Hart Story, 2) by Renee Watson
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fall of The School for Good and Evil</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Soman Chainani<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Human Kaboom</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Adam Rubin<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Starfish</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Lisa Fipps<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">School Trip: A Graphic Novel</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Jerry Craft<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Joy, to the World</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Kai Shappley
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Language of Seabirds</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Will Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nigeria Jones</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Ibi Zoboi<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Warrior Girl Unearthed</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Angeline Boulley<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Borderless</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Jennifer De Leon<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Summer I Turned Pretty</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Jenny Han<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Deya Muniz
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Night in Question</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Victory. Stand!</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> by Tommie Smith<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Looking forward to May 22<sup>nd</sup>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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