<div dir="ltr"><div>I would second this recommendation to offer the books to the Alliance Francaise as a current student. If the Alliance is not able to take them, please consider contacting one of the college libraries where advanced French is taught.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Kris<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 10:16 AM Maureen Cole <<a href="mailto:mcole@orcity.org">mcole@orcity.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are some French immersion schools, but the place I thought of immediately is the Alliance Francaise Portland, which is a French school for adults downtown. They might really enjoy these for their students. Good practice.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jenny Berg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 29, 2019 8:56 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] French language books available for donation<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_683402291213432316MsoPlainText">I have a patron who would like to donate French language books to a library. She says, “These are not textbooks but novels, many contemporary, from the collection of a friend who recently died. She was French.”<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_683402291213432316MsoPlainText">Are there any interested libraries?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Kristen Kern<br>Professor, Retired<br><div>Portland State Library<br><a href="mailto:kernk@pdx.edu" target="_blank">kernk@pdx.edu</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>