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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Good Morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">By now, I’m sure you’ve seen lots of communication about celebrating Beverly Cleary’s 100<sup>th</sup> birthday. You may think that it’s for younger children, and many
of the ideas on the <a href="http://www.csdola.org/100-years-of-beverly-cleary.html">
<span style="color:blue">100 Years of Beverly Cleary webpage</span></a> are geared toward elementary students. However, secondary students can participate, too. Here are just a few thoughts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Watch and discuss the 30-minute Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) documentary, “<a href="http://watch.opb.org/show/oregon-art-beat/"><span style="color:blue">Discovery Beverly Cleary</span></a>,”
in which Ms. Cleary is interviewed; it airs on April 7<sup>th</sup> but is already available
<a href="http://watch.opb.org/show/oregon-art-beat/">online</a> to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Read one of Cleary’s biographies and then discuss her impact –
<i>A Girl from Yamhill</i> and <i>My Own Two Feet</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Create neighborhood maps since the neighborhood features prominently in Cleary’s books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Book talk or read excerpts from one or some of Cleary’s books – or a whole book over several visits – to children in afterschool programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Learn more about the author by exploring the resources in the
<a href="http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/person/actionWin?resetBreadCrumb=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&limiter=&showDisambiguation=true&displayGroups=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE|AAA000069880&scanId=&source=Bookmark&u=osl_trl_2016&password=trial">
<span style="color:blue">Biography in Context portal page</span></a>. The folks at Gale have generously made the page available to all Oregonians for the month of April.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
For those in or near Portland, you may be interested to know about <i><a href="https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6456"><span style="color:blue">Walking With Ramona: Exploring Beverly Cleary's Portland</span></a></i>, a guidebook by Laura O. Foster
to be published this fall. Multnomah County Library links to a <a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20140324/take-walking-tour-beverly-clearys-neighborhood">
<span style="color:blue">map</span></a> of the 3-mile walking or biking route. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.csdola.org/100-years-of-beverly-cleary.html">http://www.csdola.org/100-years-of-beverly-cleary.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.beverlycleary.com/">http://www.beverlycleary.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://watch.opb.org/show/oregon-art-beat/">http://watch.opb.org/show/oregon-art-beat/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/beverlycleary/">http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/beverlycleary/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6456">https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6456</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://multcolib.org/blog/20140324/take-walking-tour-beverly-clearys-neighborhood">https://multcolib.org/blog/20140324/take-walking-tour-beverly-clearys-neighborhood</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">Gale Biography page about Cleary:
<a href="http://bit.ly/1MzKWo5">http://bit.ly/1MzKWo5</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">OSLIS ||
<a href="www.oslis.org"><span style="color:blue">www.oslis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Learn to research. Research to learn.</span></b><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><img border="0" width="200" height="200" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01D18B31.6BCD4C90" alt="AASL_SLM2016_470sq"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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