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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Get your tickets now!</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">2009 Multnomah County Library Children's Author Lecture</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">This year's author is Jon Scieszka, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author of<I> The Stinky Cheeseman</I> and<I> The True Story of the Three Little Pigs</I> and editor of<I> Guys Write for Guys Read.</I></FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Monday, April 20, 2009<BR>
7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.<BR>
First Congregational Church<BR>
1126 S.W. Park Ave., Portland </FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Tickets </FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">$12 Adult<BR>
$6 Student (K-12)<BR>
</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">Tickets are on sale at </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/adm.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Library Administration</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> and </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/cen.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Central</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial">, </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/gsm.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Gresham</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial">, </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/hls.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hillsdale</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial">, </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/hwd.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Hollywood</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial">, </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/mid.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Midland</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial">, </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/sel.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">Sellwood-Moreland</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> and </FONT><A HREF="file:///agcy/stj.html"><FONT FACE="Arial">St. John's</FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> libraries. Tickets are also available at Annie Bloom's Books and A Children's Place Bookstore.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">To order tickets by mail or for more information, call 503.988.5402.<BR>
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</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">After his talk, Mr. Scieszka will autograph his books, which will be available for purchase from Annie Bloom's Bookstore</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Arial">Ticket sales support the library's outreach to local schools, providing books, transportation, lecture tickets and a chance to meet the author to hundreds of students from schools that normally could not afford an author visit. This year's beneficiaries are students at Grout Elementary.</FONT><B></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">The Children's Author Lecture is made possible in part by The Library Foundation with support from McCormick and Schmick's and Riverdale School District. </FONT></P>
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<P><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Andrea Milano</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Hollywood Library</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">503.988.4346</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">4040 NE Tillamook St.</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Portland OR 97212</FONT></I>
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<P><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Andrea Milano</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Hollywood Library</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">503.988.4346</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">4040 NE Tillamook St.</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Bookman Old Style">Portland OR 97212</FONT></I>
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