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<p class="xmsonormal">Just a quick note to let everyone know that the reading programs of the Illinois State Library through the Illinois Center for the Book are on target to continue for the 2020 – 2021 school year. As you can imagine, this has been a crazy
year with COVID, the lockdown and resulting intermittent staffing and the retirement of our IT colleague. While we are in a holding pattern for the webpages to be updated by the IT department, please know the:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>2020-2021 <a href="https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book/rfl.html">
Read for a Lifetime</a> booklist has been created – it is attached. Final reporting is due April 15, 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>2021 <a href="https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book/letters.html">
Letters About Literature</a> entry forms and guidelines have been created and will be posted soon. The program supports Common Core and National Language Arts and Reading Standards. The deadline to enter is December 15, 2020.
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</span></span></span><![endif]>2020 <a href="https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book/frn.html">Family Reading Night</a> posters and bookmarks have been printed. We are in the process of bundling the bookmarks now and will
be mailing them to elementary and middle school libraries in October. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 style="margin-top:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The
<a href="https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/center_for_the_book/national-bookfest.html">
National Book Festival</a> will be held virtually this year and it will be the perfect opportunity for you and your students to view author programs that they might not otherwise have the opportunity. The Illinois Center for the Book will be highlighting Illinois
author and illustrator Matthew Cordell and his book, </span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F1111;font-weight:normal">Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<p class="xmsonormal">If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. The Illinois Center for the Book offers great programs and I’m always here to help you. Never feel that you have to try to muddle through something on your own.
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<p class="xmsonormal">All the best for the upcoming school year – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bonnie Matheis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator, Illinois Center for the Book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Illinois Center for the Book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Illinois State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Gwendolyn Brooks Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">300 South Second Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Springfield, Illinois 62701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Office: 217-558-2065<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax: 217-782-1877<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">*NEW email address:
<a href="mailto:bmatheis@ilsos.gov"><span style="color:blue">bmatheis@ilsos.</span><b><span style="color:#FF0066">gov</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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