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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222;background:white">Teachers and Librarians – have your say!! <br>
Nominate books you want to see on the OBOB 2015 book list in all 3 divisions: Grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h5><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">The OBOB Committee is currently gathering Oregon Battle of the Book title nominations for the 2014-15 school year list. </span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nominations
are due by <span class="aqj">November 15</span></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">, but sooner is better because the committee reads the books before their title selection meetings
in November, January and February. Keep in mind that they need the books to be in paperback in order to make it an affordable program. If it is a series book, the first in the series is the one they usually use. You may nominate up to three books in each division.
<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">Attached is the archive list for titles used since 2008. Titles in bold on that list can be re-nominated as we used them over four years ago. We try for a
balance of genres. Each book needs to be detailed or long enough to support the writing of 80 quality questions and should have high appeal to kids all over Oregon. If you have a good non-fiction title for each division, feel free to add a 4th title to each
division. We try to have non-fiction, but struggle with the right kind of books to support the competition. <br>
<br>
Students and other readers of children's and YA lit are welcome to nominate titles, in addition to teachers and librarians, so spread the word and invite your readers to participate in the process. <o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">To nominate titles, fill out the form located here:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2015OBOBtitles" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://tinyurl.com/2015OBOBtitles</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:normal">Questions?
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Email
<a href="mailto:oboblsta@gmail.com">oboblsta@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Pick up your 2014
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/oregon.srp.certificate.aspx#Summer_Reading_Manuals_">
summer reading manual</a> and get science programming training at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">OLA’s Children’s Services Division’s
<a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_149058">
fall workshop</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Saturday, October 19, 2013 at Tigard Public Library</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Elke Bruton
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson; Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Katie and Jen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Do you mind posting this to any of the other relevant lists…OASL…etc?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Elke H. Bruton, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Talking Book and Braille Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-378-5455<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Elke Bruton
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Teachers and Librarians – have your say!! <br>
Nominate books you want to see on the OBOB 2015 book list in all 3 divisions: Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<h5><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">We are currently gathering Oregon Battle of the Book title nominations for the 2014-15 school year list. <br>
Nominations are due by <span class="aqj">November 15</span>, but sooner is better as our committee reads the books before our title selection meetings in November, January and February. Keep in mind that we need the books to be in paperback in order to make
it an affordable program. If it is a series book, the first in the series is the one we usually use. You may nominate up to
<u>three</u> books in each division. I have attached the archive list for titles used since 2008. Titles in bold on that list can be re-nominated as we used them over four years ago. We try for a balance of genres. Each book needs to be detailed or long enough
to support the writing of 80 quality questions and should have high appeal to kids all over Oregon. If you have a good non-fiction title for each division, feel free to add a 4th title to each division. We try to have non-fiction, but struggle with the right
kind of books to support the competition. <br>
<br>
Students and other readers of children's and YA lit are welcome to nominate titles, in addition to teachers and librarians, so spread the word and invite your readers to participate in the process. <br>
<br>
To nominate titles, fill out the form located here:<br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/2015OBOBtitles" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://tinyurl.com/2015OBOBtitles</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h5>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elke H. Bruton, MLIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Talking Book and Braille Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">250 Winter St NE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503-378-5455<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:elke.bruton@state.or.us">elke.bruton@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">tbabs.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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