Ryan,

What a great idea!!!!

This is fantastic.

John

John Clexton

Library Director

ARSL 2025 Past President

Gladwin County District Library

jclexton@gcdl.org

989-347-1007

Hi library world,

I know it's Monday and that you, specifically, are a very busy, important person, so I will make this quick because I respect your time. I want you to come discuss some books with me.

What books? Great question.
-"Dearborn" by  Ghassan Zeineddine. 
-"Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst High School Hockey Team" by John Bacon.

Why these books? Another Great question!
The authors of these books will be speaking at this year's Michigan Library Association Conference. I think it would be fun to become more familiar with these speaker's works before seeing them speak next month.

When and where?
Join us via Zoom on Thursday, October 15 at 10am. You can sign up here.

If you are coming to the MLA Annual Conference in Novi this year, we will also have a book club meeting at the conference on Wednesday, October 28th, just in time to discuss these two books together before both Ghassan Zeineddine and John Bacon speak at the conference on Thursday.

Do I need to read both books?
No. But you can if you want. Read what you want, and we will discuss both. Or read neither, and let us convince you why you should read them anyway.

Yeah, why should I read these books?
"Let Them Lead" is really great - I devoured it over the weekend and I could not put it down. I know nothing about hockey, but I learned a lot about leadership, and I can't wait to talk about it with others. I am starting Dearborn today! I bet it is also going to be great!

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