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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#244061">Attention aspiring children’s book authors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#244061">Below is an opportunity I just learned about. To learn more, visit</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest" title="blocked::http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest">http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Questions? Contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brian A. Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">NAESP National Children's Book Award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Blue Tree Creative<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Traverse City, MI 49686<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">231-632-1349<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:brian@bluetreecreative.com">brian@bluetreecreative.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Brian Lewis [mailto:brian@bluetreecreative.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NAESP National Children's Book Award Contest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Katie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I thought you would like to share this wonderful opportunity that the National Association of Elementary School Principals is offering. It is the 2<sup>nd</sup> Annual NAESP
National Children’s Book Award Contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The contest discovers, publishes and launches two aspiring writer’s careers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NAESP’s endorsement to its 30,000 national membership (plus hundreds of thousands of teachers and students) with Charlesbridge’s (a top national publisher from Boston)
<u>publishing the winners</u>, is an incredible opportunity for children’s authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The two winners will be one children’s picture book and one children’s chapter book. (early reader to young adult novel)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">You can enter at the NAESP website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest" title="blocked::http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest">http://www.naesp.org/naesp-foundation/national-childrens-book-year-contest</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Teacher.net said
<u>“It is a great way to launch a writing career</u>.”<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The contest deadline is March 1st, 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Good luck !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brian A. Lewis</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NAESP National Children's Book Award/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Blue Tree Creative</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Traverse City, MI 49686</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">231-632-1349<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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