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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please excuse any cross-posting.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is an interesting article from<I> Education Week</I> on early literacy findings and their impact…</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experts Eschew Narrow Reading of Early-Literacy Study by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo</FONT></B>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/18read.h28.html?tmp=1730907360"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/18read.h28.html?tmp=1730907360</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kristin Starnes, OYAN Chair</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Youth Services Librarian</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Corvallis-Benton County Public Library</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">645 NW Monroe Ave</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Corvallis, OR 97330</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">541.766.6784</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">kristin.starnes@ci.corvallis.or.us</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ALSC Library Services to Special Population Children & Their Caregivers Committee</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Beverly Cleary Award Committee</FONT>
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