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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Below is an excellent email from ALA’s Association for Library Services to Children’s blog about a couple things to think about and perhaps do during National
Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month to make sure we have current resources for children and their caregivers and that our programming is inclusive of all children regardless of who their primary caregiver(s) is (are).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you can’t read the email, read it online at
<a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/01/national-child-centered-divorce-awareness-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlscBlog+%28ALSC+Blog%29">
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2014/01/national-child-centered-divorce-awareness-month/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AlscBlog+%28ALSC+Blog%29</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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-size:11.0pt;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-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlscBlog/~3/d0kcsfqzTS8/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099;text-decoration:none">National Child Centered Divorce Awareness
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">In January, we observe National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month. This is a good chance to make sure our collections include books on
divorce and all types of families, including single-parent families. National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month is also the perfect opportunity to examine the language we use in programs and promotional materials to ensure inclusivity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Many libraries host events such as “Donuts with Dad” or “Muffins with Mom,” particularly around the time of Father’s Day and Mother’s Day.
Despite the catchy alliteration these titles offer, they’re lacking in the inclusion department. Try one of these event titles in order to welcome as many patrons as possible:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Tea for Two<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Breakfast with a V.I.G.U. (Very Important Grown-Up)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Special Persons’ Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Together Time: Build a Paper Airplane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Sweethearts’ Valentine Party<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Not only do these titles leave the gender of adult participants unspecified, they also leave relationships undefined. This means that a child
could attend one of these events with a babysitter, a neighbor, a grandparent, a family friend, or any other special grown-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">If you’re looking to increase the number of books about divorce or featuring single-parent families in your collection, consider purchasing
the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Dinosaurs Divorce
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">A Smart Girls’ Guide to Her Parents’ Divorce
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">by Nancy Holyoke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Two Homes</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> by Claire Masurel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The Family Book</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> by Todd Parr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> by Vicki
Lansky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Flora and Ulysses
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">by Kate DiCamillo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">A Chair for My Mother</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> by Vera B. Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Horton Hatches the Egg</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> by Dr. Seuss<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Amanda Moss Struckmeyer is the Head of Youth Services at the Middleton Public Library in Middleton, Wisconsin. Amanda serves on the Library Services to Special Populations and Their Caregivers committee.
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