<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]-->
<title>iREAD Newsletter</title>
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Helvetica Neue";}
@font-face
{font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";
panose-1:2 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Century Gothic";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
margin:0in;
line-height:125%;
font-size:16.5pt;
font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;
color:#202020;
font-weight:bold;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;
color:#2F5496;}
span.EmailStyle38
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1034" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to let you know I’m still waiting for our Oregon download codes, I haven’t received them yet, so hang tight! As soon as I get it I will send it out!
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="color:black">Best, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="color:black">Greta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Youth Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:greta.bergquist@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">greta.bergquist@slo.oregon.gov</span></a> | 971-375-3549<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Follow us: <a href="http://fb.me/StateLibraryOR"><span style="color:#0563C1">Facebook</span></a> |
<a href="https://twitter.com/StateLibraryOR"><span style="color:#0563C1">Twitter</span></a><b>
</b>| <a href="https://www.instagram.com/statelibraryor/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Instagram</span></a><b>
</b>|<b> </b><a href="https://pinterest.com/statelibraryor/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Pinterest</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"> |
</span></u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-kU8Gu0jS_YcnXg-b_TRA/featured"><span style="color:#0563C1">YouTube</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#2E74B5">Coronavirus Info: <a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/coronavirus</span></a></span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="218" height="61" style="width:2.275in;height:.6333in" id="Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:image001.png@01D7BC33.909951C0" alt="Title: State Library of Oregon"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> iREAD Reading Programs <iread@ila.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 7, 2021 2:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BERGQUIST Greta E * SLO <Greta.BERGQUIST@slo.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> iREAD Newsletter<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#EA323F;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100% !important;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">iREAD News <a href="https://mailchi.mp/ila/iread-summer-reading-order-deadline-approaching-736781?e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:white">View
this email in your browser</span></a><br>
October 7, 2021 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateHeader">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="420" height="105" style="width:4.375in;height:1.0916in" id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/7161c1fd-eb3e-40c8-95b6-7643e0a0c937.png"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt">
<h2><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:39.75pt;z-index:251658240;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/64b873cf-2995-4cc1-9922-1626f1023ed8.gif" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="100" height="53" style="width:1.0416in;height:.55in" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/64b873cf-2995-4cc1-9922-1626f1023ed8.gif" align="left" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">iREAD
Downloadable Resource Guide Now Available!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Dav Pilkey's "Dragon" character" style='position:absolute;margin-left:61.3pt;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:110.25pt;z-index:251659264;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/a423fb0f-593c-4800-d723-044502463a15.jpg" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="150" height="147" style="width:1.5666in;height:1.5333in" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/a423fb0f-593c-4800-d723-044502463a15.jpg" align="right" alt="Dav Pilkey's "Dragon" character" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Can't
wait to start exploring programming ideas and planning for summer 2022? The iREAD
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=76380878a9&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">downloadable Resource Guide</span></a> is now available for purchase in the iREAD store. You can gain instant access to all the programming, crafts, games, and artwork.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Art by Jessica Gibson, kids in a canoe" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:187.5pt;height:187.5pt;z-index:251660288;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/a8f81978-d780-7d9f-9bc2-97ea6ff15c5b.png" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="250" height="250" style="width:2.6in;height:2.6in" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/a8f81978-d780-7d9f-9bc2-97ea6ff15c5b.png" align="left" alt="Art by Jessica Gibson, kids in a canoe" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Note:</span></strong></span></i></b><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"> Customers in Alaska, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Washington should check with their state's summer reading representative regarding how the Resource Guide will be distributed. </span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Note:</span></i></strong></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020"> Illinois Library Association (ILA) Institutional Members can receive
a <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=0b1a0821b8&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">complimentary downloadable Resource Guide</span></a> as part of their library membership.
</span></em><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">Illinois iREADers</span></i></strong><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020">, before
purchasing the Resource Guide, please email <a href="mailto:iread@ila.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">iread@ila.org</span></a> to check on the status of your library membership and how to obtain the downloadable Resource Guide. </span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<br>
If you have any questions, please email us at <a href="mailto:iread@ila.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">iread@ila.org</span></a>.<br>
<br>
</span><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">(Image:
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=f210a136b8&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Dav Pilkey</span></a> - 2022 Read Beyond the Beaten Path graphics)</span></em><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">(Images: <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=7cb6729cfa&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">J</span></a><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=6c4f532208&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">essica Gibson</span></a> - 2022 Read Beyond the Beaten
Path graphics)</span></em></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt">
<h2>New for 2022! S<!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:39.75pt;z-index:251661312;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/64b873cf-2995-4cc1-9922-1626f1023ed8.gif" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="100" height="53" style="width:1.0416in;height:.55in" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/64b873cf-2995-4cc1-9922-1626f1023ed8.gif" align="left" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]>panish-Language
Items and Graphics<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
iREAD® is always working to improve our summer reading program. Often, improvements are the result of a librarian’s suggestion; it’s why iREAD® is created “by librarians, for librarians.”<br>
<br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:136.3pt;margin-top:0;width:187.5pt;height:187.5pt;z-index:251662336;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/cef43ebd-44f6-bd54-cfdc-a8dbce5f0e72.png" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="250" height="250" style="width:2.6in;height:2.6in" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/cef43ebd-44f6-bd54-cfdc-a8dbce5f0e72.png" align="right" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">During
summer 2021, we learned there was interest in Spanish-language graphics in addition to the Spanish/English bookmarks and posters we already offer for sale. We are happy to announce that we have now included Spanish-language reproducible art available in the
2022 <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Read Beyond the Beaten Path</span></em>
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=6cc8bd5110&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Resource Guide</span></a>. <br>
<br>
In addition, we now offer a variety of items in English and Spanish. Visit the <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=dbd77b80f0&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">2022 iREAD store</span></a> to explore our section on English/Spanish promotional materials and reading incentives. <br>
<br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">As always with iREAD summer reading there is no membership fee required or time limit imposed. You can use the graphics and programming year-round to support your library!</span></i></strong><br>
<br>
If you have any questions, contact iREAD Customer Service at <a href="mailto:iread@ila.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">iread@ila.org</span></a>.<br>
<br>
</span><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">(Images:
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=26fd893904&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">J</span></a><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=1d719af84f&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">essica Gibson</span></a> - 2022 Read Beyond the Beaten
Path graphics)</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<h2><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">iREAD 2023: </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Find Your Voice! </span></em><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Featured Artists</span></strong><br>
<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Our voices have power. We use our voices to share stories, express ourselves, and spark change. Our voices include not only the sounds we make, but the words we write, the art we create,
the movements we perform, and the actions we take each day to impact our world.</span></strong> <br>
<br>
In a previous issue of the iREAD Newsletter we announced some of our featured artists for the 2023 theme
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=4cadc7b370&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#007C89">Find Your Voice!</span></em></a><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=48b4d76591&e=c0a8f58de6"></a></span></strong><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=48b4d76591&e=c0a8f58de6" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:109.5pt;height:82.5pt;z-index:251663360;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
<v:imagedata src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/60b4fd3a-f742-8bb9-f931-4275694726c8.png" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=48b4d76591&e=c0a8f58de6"><img border="0" width="146" height="110" style="width:1.5166in;height:1.15in" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/60b4fd3a-f742-8bb9-f931-4275694726c8.png" align="left" title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7"></a><![endif]><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=48b4d76591&e=c0a8f58de6"></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=2fe681c841&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">Angela
Dominguez</span></a></span></strong> (preschool)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=367710f858&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley</span></a></span></strong> (children)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=2084dc690a&e=c0a8f58de6"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">Hannah Templer</span></a> </span></strong>(teens)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">We asked you then to stay tuned for one more...and here comes the big reveal: Our fourth featured artist for the iREAD 2023 theme
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Find Your Voice! </span></em>is
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=82b1af90f7&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">Michaela Goade</span></a></span></strong>,
for adults/all ages.<br>
<br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_8" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Art by Michaela Goade based on "I Sang You Down from the Stars"" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:226.5pt;z-index:251664384;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/51e76d01-f263-6c46-179d-cdccc11ff7d0.jpg" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="200" height="302" style="width:2.0833in;height:3.15in" src="https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/51e76d01-f263-6c46-179d-cdccc11ff7d0.jpg" align="left" alt="Art by Michaela Goade based on "I Sang You Down from the Stars"" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_8"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Michaela
Goade is the 2021 Caldecott Medalist and the illustrator of the <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">New York Times-</span></em>bestseller <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We Are Water Protectors</span></em> by Carole Lindstrom
(Roaring Brook, 2020), also a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist. Other books include <em>
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Encounter</span></em> by Brittany Luby (Little, Brown, 2019) and
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy </span>
</em>(Sealaska Heritage Institute, 2017),<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span></em>winner of the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Picture Book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Over the last few years, Michaela’s work has focused on Indigenous KidLit. She is honored to work with Indigenous authors and tribal organizations in the creation
of beautiful and much-needed books. An enrolled member of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Michaela’s Tlingit name is Sheit.een and she is of the Kiks.ádi Clan (Raven/Frog) from Sheet’ká. <br>
<br>
Her gorgeous artwork for iREAD 2023 is based on her illustrations from <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">I Sang You Down from the Stars</span></em> by Tasha Spillett-Sumner (Little, Brown, 2021).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">(Image:
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=66ce962994&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">M</span></a><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=6159967ec0&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">ichaela Goade</span></a> - 2023 Find Your Voice! graphics)</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt">
<h2>Get Involved in iREAD 2023 <em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Find Your Voice!</span></em><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
Are you a leader, or someone who aspire to be? iREAD is seeking <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=79e3db0085&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Resource Guide Task Force volunteers</span></a> to help with the development of the 2023 Resource Guide.<br>
<br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_9" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:98.8pt;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:90.75pt;z-index:251665408;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/57ad0d01-0ad8-408f-981a-edf2257020f7.png" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="200" height="121" style="width:2.0833in;height:1.2583in" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/images/57ad0d01-0ad8-408f-981a-edf2257020f7.png" align="right" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_9"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020">Sourced <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">BY</span></strong> and <strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">FOR</span></strong> librarians,
iREAD is interested in your input to make our program as strong as possible. To learn more about this opportunity and volunteer, please visit the iREAD website
<a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=acd72a1f31&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">call for volunteers page</span></a>. The deadline to express your interest in this opportunity is
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">October 20, 2021.</span></strong> <br>
<br>
If you have any questions, contact iREAD Customer Service at <a href="mailto:iread@ila.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">iread@ila.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateBody">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:6.75pt 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#F3F3F3;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100% !important;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<h2>About the Program<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Since 1981, iREAD has developed successful summer reading programs. Our mission is to provide high quality, low-cost resources
and products that help local library staff to motivate children, teens, and adults to read. As a coordinated, self-supporting effort developed by the Illinois Library Association and librarians, every purchase from iREAD helps to promote and assist the great
work of libraries.<br>
<br>
To learn more, visit our <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=5c6969934c&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">website</span></a><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=b5a39aa08f&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">.</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:#EA323F;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateFooter">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=36a18da71d&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="48" height="48" style="width:.5in;height:.5in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-pinterest-96.png" alt="Pinterest"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=32be477a64&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="48" height="48" style="width:.5in;height:.5in" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-twitter-96.png" alt="Twitter"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=80c1ffba53&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="48" height="48" style="width:.5in;height:.5in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-facebook-96.png" alt="Facebook"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=174dda954a&e=c0a8f58de6" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="48" height="48" style="width:.5in;height:.5in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-link-96.png" alt="Website"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 18.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EF656E 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:white">Copyright © 2021 Illinois Library Association, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:white"><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif">Our mailing address is:</span></strong><br>
Illinois Library Association<br>
33 West Grand Avenue<br>
Suite 401<br>
Chicago, IL 60654<br>
<br>
Want to change how you receive these emails?<br>
You can <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/profile?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=3cc3c27c9f&e=c0a8f58de6&c=a2998aecc2">
<span style="color:white">update your preferences</span></a> or <a href="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=3cc3c27c9f&e=c0a8f58de6&c=a2998aecc2">
<span style="color:white">unsubscribe from this list</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width:.0083in;height:.0083in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ireadprogram.us12.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55&id=a2998aecc2&e=c0a8f58de6"><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>