<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img width="92" height="162" id="gmail-m_-5171907153331425935Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D72270.12888F60" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 0.9583in; height: 1.6875in;"></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext">Dear Friends and Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-il">On</span> <span class="gmail-il">behalf</span> of the <span class="gmail-il">Beverly</span> Cleary Children’s Choice Award (BCCCA) Committee, it is with great sadness that we convey the news of <span class="gmail-il">Beverly</span> Cleary’s death.  In her very full life of 104 years, she has brought enjoyment to countless young readers and their parents.  The world will sorely miss her. <u></u><u></u></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18.6667px">We encourage families to celebrate her life by reading aloud her books and also participate in the BCCCA contest.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/26/beverly-cleary-has-died-oregon-author/?outputType=amp" target="_blank">https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/26/<span class="gmail-il">beverly</span>-cleary-has-died-oregon-author/?outputType=amp</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:plantin,serif;color:rgb(54,54,43)">Beloved Oregon author <span class="gmail-il">Beverly</span> Cleary has died at age 104<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/beverly-cleary-dead.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/<span class="gmail-il">beverly</span>-cleary-dead.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:14.55pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:-apple-system-font,serif;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-il">Beverly</span> Cleary, Beloved Children’s Book Author, Dies at 104<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:15.25pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:-apple-system-font,serif;color:windowtext">Her funny stories about Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, the sisters Ramona and Beezus Quimby, and a motorcycling mouse named Ralph never talked down to readers.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/review/beverly-cleary-ramona-quimby.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/review/<span class="gmail-il">beverly</span>-cleary-ramona-quimby.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:-apple-system-font,serif;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-il">Beverly</span> Cleary Wrote About Real Life, and Her Readers Loved Her for It<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:15.25pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:-apple-system-font,serif;color:windowtext">The creator of Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins constructed a world that children recognized — one that changed with the times.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Libby Hamler-Dupras   BCCCA Committee Chair<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:elfgirl@Q.com" target="_blank">hdfamily@Q.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><b><font size="2"><font face="Calibri">Jackie Partch</font><br></font></b><font face="Calibri"><b><font size="2">School Corps Librarian</font></b><br></font><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Multnomah County Library</span><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><i style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px">she/her/hers</i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:13px">Work schedule: Mon/Tues/Weds 9-5:30, Thurs 9-3</span><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:13px"><br>Phone: 503.988.6219</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><font color="#0000FF" face="Calibri" size="2"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/" style="color:rgb(42,93,176)" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></font></u></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><img src="https://multcolib.org/sites/default/files/MultCoLib_2LineLogo_RGBemail_sig2.png"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>