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“When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”

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The Books of Elsewhere, Volume 4: The Stranger	Princess Posey and the New First Grader	The Quirks: Welcome to Normal

Jacqueline West	Stephanie Greene / Stephanie Roth Sisson	Erin Soderberg



Boom! Boom! Boom!	Grasshopper Magic	Truck Stop

Jamie Swensen / David Walker	Lynne Jonell / Brandon Dorman	Anne Rockwell / Melissa Iwai



Baby Wants Mama	Cooper and the Enchanted Metal Detector

Nancy Loewen / Deborah Melmon	Adam Osterweil



Chapter & Verse Book Club	at eight participating locations nationwide	15 and 16 May



Rhythm & Words, Dakota County Library	CLN takes part in this celebration of music and books for ages 0 to 10 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, MN.	8 June


Children's Literature Workshop, St Cloud State University	CLN will be leading three sessions on nonfiction and the Common Core at this popular two-day workshop for educators and librarians.	17-18 June



Chapter & Verse Book Club	at eight participating locations nationwide	19 and 20 June



Chapter & Verse Book Club	at eight participating locations nationwide	17 and 18 July


Chapter & Verse Book Club	at eight participating locations nationwide	14 and 15 Aug



Alphabet Forest, Minnesota State Fair	Bring the family and join the fun ... this oasis of literacy features joy, fascination, games, and reading ... and a Blue Ribbon Author every day.	22 Aug to 2 Sept



Chapter & Verse Book Club	at eight participating locations nationwide	18 and 19 Sept



Celebration of Minnesota Authors and Illustrators	Visit CLN's tent to take part in reading and ... winter sports! We're featuring Deborah Jo Larson's book One Frozen Lake.	21 Sept

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Click here: you'll find book trailers, how-to videos, and interviews with authors and illustrators. Use these videos for booktalks, provide QR code links on your library shelves, show them on your SMARTboard, or enjoy them as introductions to your new favorite books. We've featured a few below, MANY more are available.

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	Adam Osterweil
	Phyllis Alsdurf
	Elizabeth Verdick
	Jennifer A. Bell
	Erin Soderberg
	Miriam Glassman
	Stephanie Blake
	Shannon Hitchcock
	Adele Porter
	Barbara DaCosta
	Michael Hall
	Augusta Scattergood
	Beth Peck
	Kari Dunn Buron
	Jacqueline West
	Carol Antoinette Peacock
	Julie Schrader
	Kimberly Faurot
	W.H. Beck
	Sarah Warren
	Claudia McGehee
	Donna McDine
	Kristin Johnson
	Meg Kearney
	Mary Losure
	Polly Carlson-Voiles
	Emma Walton Hamilton
	Jennifer Dewing
	Ruth Sanderson
	Stephen Shaskan
	Anne Greenwood Brown
	Angela Cerrito
	Ann Cameron
	Trisha Speed Shaskan
	Nancy Meyers
	Ann Angel
	Brynne Barnes
	Tess Hilmo
	Amy Fellner Dominy
	Geoff Herbach
	Bobbi Miller

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