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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">NEED HELP WITH EASY READERS?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Easy Reader books can be confusing. How can you tell if a reader is for:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt">A child just starting to read;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt">Someone whose reading level is at the beginning of second grade;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt">A reader who is somewhere in between?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">At the next First Tuesdays on December 3, Youth Services librarians, Gwendolyn Hayley and Mary Ellen Braks, from Spokane County Library in Washington State, will guide you through
the confusing world of easy readers in<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>Easy Readers Aren’t so Easy</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Designed as a continuing education opportunity for staff , this free web presentation, which will take place on December 3, 2013, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PST, lets attendees share
their skills and successes and learn about new topics. Sessions are recorded so that others may listen at their own convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">For more information about First Tuesdays, visit</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/q/tuesdays"><b><span style="color:#34641A">sos.wa.gov/q/tuesdays</span></b></a>. For instructions on joining the presentation, visit<a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/q/FirstTuesdays"><b><span style="color:#34641A">sos.wa.gov/q/FirstTuesdays</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn Petersen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Assistant Program Manager, Library Development<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of the Secretary of State/Washington State Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.866.538.4996/1.360.570.5560/Fax: 360.586.7575<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:carolyn.petersen@sos.wa.gov">carolyn.petersen@sos.wa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/library">http://www.sos.wa.gov/library</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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