Attn: Public Libraries This year's Michigan Reads! shipment has a bonus coming your way - an extra kit with a book + poster will be arriving at your library. This is not a mistake, you're just lucky recipients! Please consider putting the book into circulation, adding it to your storytime reference collection, or donating it to a day care or PreK group that you reach out to and share the story. This extra copy is a wonderful way to help you promote March is Reading Month and model early literacy skills for your community. Don't forget the wonderful coloring pages, read alike's, and more, found in our 2017 Michigan Reads Programming Guide<http://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/LM_2017_Michigan_Reads_BubbleGum.SPREADS.Prog._Res.Guide_547906_7.pdf>, with single page printables also found on www.michigan.gov/michiganreads<http://www.michigan.gov/michiganreads>. Looking forward to seeing your March programming pictures; #MiReads #MiLibraries. Here's hoping you "get stuck in a good book," Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Statewide Library Services Library of Michigan 517-335-8129 517-373-5700 f LancasterC5@michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan>