<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Hello, Colleagues, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">It was wonderful seeing many of you at the AISLE Conference in Champaign. It felt wonderful to connect in person.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">During my morning keynote, while talking about Story as Clarifer (a chapter in <i><a href="https://www.stenhouse.com/content/gift-story">The Gift of Story</a></i>), I mentioned I wrote a story that I wished I could talk about. Well, that story became public on Monday: <a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88629-q-a-with-john-schu.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88629-q-a-with-john-schu.html</a>. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Thank you for everything you do to make the world better.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Happy reading!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">-John Schu</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">"<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">School libraries </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">empower lifelong learners." -Carole Boston Weatherford</span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1kti57rWHAKi6fw9vfYgnkp9nyBBvaKHg&revid=0B7fJom0inTSJU2dvMUFxcDJaYlg0cC9EcmlqVVlkeFcvcHVjPQ" width="200" height="200"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705859/this-is-a-school-by-john-schu-illustrated-by-veronica-miller-jamison/" style="font-style:italic" target="_blank">This Is a School</a>, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison and written by me, comes out on March 29, 2022. </span></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://JohnSchu.com__;!!JQLRTQIztKY!zG7NDWXwv6wLbIDyb10zhveI_fWFs1gkpkgKtFrl0Q_3c7JBSaQXe1XszwmVluKXbm6-KPAsuP3R$" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-family:verdana,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