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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Just in time for holiday school vacation and winter reading programs, ALA’s Association for Library Services to Children announces their new Graphic Novel Reading Lists for kids K-8<sup>th</sup> Grade:
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2014" title="Graphic Novels Reading List ">http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2014</a><span style="color:#1F497D">. Below is the press release if you’re interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<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""> Joanna Ison [mailto:jison@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 24, 2014 6:29 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] ALSC announces new Graphic Novels Reading Lists<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/11/alsc-announces-new-graphic-novels-reading-lists">ALSC announces new Graphic Novels Reading
Lists</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has released three new Graphic Novel Reading Lists intended for children
from kindergarten through 8th grade. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">Three Graphic Novel Reading Lists are available for children in kindergarten to 2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade and 6th to 8th grade. PDFs of the book lists are available online in full color and
black and white and are free to download, copy and distribute. Reading lists are available online at: <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2014" title="Graphic Novels Reading List ">http://www.ala.org/alsc/graphicnovels2014</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">“ALSC’s three Graphic Novels Reading Lists are full of engaging titles that are sure to excite children,” said Ellen Riordan, ALSC president. “Librarians are encouraged to download copies of
these lists and distribute them to families throughout their community.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%">The titles were selected, compiled and annotated by members of the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b>About ALSC</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i>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 </i><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc" title="ALSC website">www.ala.org/alsc</a><i>.</i><o:p></o:p></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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