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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk58232061"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#342D2F;background:white;font-weight:normal">Dear AISLE Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#342D2F;background:white;font-weight:normal">The 2020 Latinx Kidlit Book Festival</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#342D2F;background:white">
</span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">was officially held last Friday, December 4<sup>th</sup> and Saturday, December 5<sup>th</sup>:
</span></span><a href="https://www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.latinxkidlitbookfestival.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On my blog today, I shared my take-aways from the four sessions I’ve attended so far:
</span></span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/sllblog120720"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://tinyurl.com/sllblog120720</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All of the #LKBF2020 video sessions are available on YouTube and will continue to be available indefinitely:
</span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/LatinxKidLitBookFestival/videos"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">https://www.youtube.com/c/LatinxKidLitBookFestival/videos</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you to the #LKBF2020 sponsors for supporting these authors and illustrators. Let’s do our best as librarians to get these books
into the hands of all young people and particularly those whose life experiences appear less often in children’s and young adult literature.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk58232061"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It’s a matter of equity and social justice.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you attended/attend the Festival, please share your take-aways on my blog or here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Literacies and Libraries Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Co-Chair, Teacher Librarian Division, Arizona Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2019 Scholastic Library Publishing Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Author: <br>
<i>Maximizing School Librarian Leadership: Building Connections for Learning and Advocacy</i> (ALA, 2018)<br>
<i>Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Elementary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact</i> (ALA, 2013)
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<i>Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact</i> (ALA, 2012)<br>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Please, Don’t Give Me A Hug!/Por favor, íno me abraces!
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(2019)<br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ready and Waiting for You</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> (2013)<br>
<i>Read to Me/Vamos a leer </i>(2004)<br>
<i>Sing Down the Rain </i>(1997)<i><br>
</i><br>
<a href="http://storytrail.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://storytrail.com</span></a>
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<a href="mailto:info@storytrail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">info@storytrail.com<br>
</span></a><span style="color:#0066CC"><a href="http://schoollibrarianleadership.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://schoollibrarianleadership.com</span></a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/CactusWoman"><span style="color:blue">@CactusWoman</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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