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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Forwarded by Katie Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">ALSC announces Graphic Novels Reading List<br>
Monday, November 11, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has created Graphic Novel Reading Lists intended for children
from kindergarten through 8<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>grade. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">These Graphic Novel Reading Lists are available for students kindergarten to 2<sup>nd</sup> grade, 3<sup>rd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup> grade and 6<sup>th</sup> to 8<sup>th</sup> grade. PDFs
of the book lists are available online in full color and black and white and are free to download, copy and distribute. Libraries are able to customize the lists with their own information, hours, and list of programs before printing and distributing. Reading
lists are available online at: <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2013"><span style="color:#0055A5">http://www.ala.org/</span></a><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2013" title="Graphic Novels Reading List"><span style="color:#0055A5">alsc</span></a>/<a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2013" title="Graphic Novels Reading List"><span style="color:#0055A5">graphicnovels2013</span></a><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2013" title="Graphic Novels Reading List"><span style="color:#0055A5">.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">“These book lists are full of fun titles that will help to grow a child’s love for reading,” said Starr Latronica, ALSC president. “We encourage librarians to make copies of these
lists available to families at their library and in their community.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">Graphic novels on this list are defined as a full-length story told in paneled, sequential, graphic format. The list does not include book-length collections of comic strips, wordless
picture books, or hybrid books that are a mixture of traditional text and comics/graphics. The list includes classics as well as new titles that have been widely recommended and well-reviewed, and books that have popular appeal as well as critical acclaim.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">The titles were selected, compiled and annotated by members of the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">About ALSC</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030">ALSC, a division of the ALA, is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. With a network of more than 4,000 children’s
and youth librarians, literature experts, publishers and educational faculty, ALSC is committed to creating a better future for children through libraries. To learn more about ALSC visit </span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#303030"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc" title="ALSC website"><span style="color:#0055A5">www.ala.org/alsc</span></a><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Joanna Ison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Program Officer for Projects and Partnerships
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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