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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>This is a great opportunity from a local author (and my neighbor)!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>-Sue<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0'>Raise your paw for the</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#9EDB15'>new</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'> Rotten Ralph </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>art show!</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'>What if </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0'>famous</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'> </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>master painters</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'> like </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#984806'>Michelangelo,</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'> </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Degas</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'> or </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#99CC00'>Picasso </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'>owned a cat like </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'>Rotten Ralph</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#993366'>? </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#FFC000'>Let’s imagine</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#FF3399'>and create.</span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:red'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=299 height=242 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC8B5B.EF75A090" alt="Mona Ralph.jpg"></span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF0080'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=320 height=240 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC8B5B.EF75A090" alt="Ralph Van Gogh copy.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My goal is to inspire <span style='color:#7030A0'>art </span><span style='color:#00B050'>appreciation</span>, <span style='color:#00B0F0'>art</span> <span style='color:#FF3300'>history</span> and the understanding of <span style='color:#3333FF'>art</span><span style='color:#00CC99'> </span><span style='color:#666699'>styles</span> through a popular bestselling children’s book character. The art show is free to any library. It contains 11 Ralph inspired paintings.<span style='color:#993366'> </span>There is also a Ralph pillow, a giant furry paw, and rare black and white photos of Jack Gantos and me presenting to schools dressed as Rotten Ralph and Sarah and other fabulous finds.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>There are eighteen </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'>Rotten Ralph</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'> books in print. The <u>Nine Lives of Rotten Ralph</u> was published recently from Houghton Mifflin Co. And <u>Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph</u> just came out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please write: <a href="mailto:Nicole@nicolerubel.com" target="_blank">Nicole@nicolerubel.com</a> to host the <span style='color:#0070C0'>free </span>art show for one to two months. Libraries are responsible for keeping show safe in a locked glass case and shipping insured to next library. Shipping is less than $20. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'><img border=0 width=57 height=72 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC8B5B.EF75A090" alt="ralph doll">”I was born on April Fools’ Day, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'>but I celebrate my birthday every day.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:red'>--Rotten Ralph</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#9C09A7'>Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#7030A0'>Nicole Rubel</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nicolerubel.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.nicolerubel.com</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#00B0F0'>Fun stuff and</span></i><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <span style='color:red'>Rotten </span><span style='color:#FF8040'>Ralph</span> <span style='color:#00B0F0'>artwork</span><span style='color:#FF8040'> </span><span style='color:#92D050'>for</span> <span style='color:#CC00FF'>sale:</span></span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span></i> <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/nicolerubel" target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/nicolerubel</a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (My café press site: “The World of Nicole Rubel,” has Pop Kitty, Ralph Van Gogh and Rotten Picasso available as posters, tee shirts and book bags! And more!!)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF0080'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>