Every Child Ready to Read Brochure 2/e

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{"id":1315543351366,"title":"2018 Teen Read Week Bookmark","handle":"2018-teen-read-week-bookmark","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #660000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003eALA Graphics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e50421831\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e2\" x 6\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e100\/pack\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Calibri,sans-serif\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCelebrate Teen Read Week, October 7-13 with the theme “It’s Written in the Stars…READ.” Library staff, afterschool providers, and educators can encourage teens to think and read outside the box, and seek out fantasy, science fiction and other out-of-this-world reads. 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