<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="width:665px;height:248px"></span> </p><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_k8f1rv520" alt="image.png" width="433" height="165"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%">[Image depicts a bird and bee buzzing around plant leaves and flowers]</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,66);letter-spacing:-0.35pt"><font size="6">“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 8pt"><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Spring is here! What better way to bring in the new season
than with great books and imaginative poetry.
For the month of April, LBPH is inviting you to take part in the “Spring
into Reading” book and Haiku writing challenge. The program starts April 1<sup style="">st</sup>
and ends on April 30<sup style="">th</sup>. There
are several ways to participate. Read on to learn how! </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 8pt"><font size="4" style=""><b style=""><font color="#8e7cc3" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">JOIN </font></font></b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br>“Spring into Reading” Book Challenge. <br>Sign up at <a href="https://marylandlbph.beanstack.org">https://marylandlbph.beanstack.org</a>. Log your reading and activities. Earn badges along the way. It is that simple and fun!<br><b style=""><font color="#8e7cc3"><br>READ</font></b> <br>Request books or magazines from MD LBPH, download from BARD or use Bookshare. It doesn’t matter, as long as you read!<br><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 8pt"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><font color="#8e7cc3">VOTE </font></b><br>While looking for some great books, check out the 2020 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Nominees. Students may cast one vote for the book they consider to be the most outstanding book in each of the categories. All votes will be tallied in order to determine the winners. Submit your vote by April 25, 2020<br></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><span style="line-height:150%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/hW6m1dihM7i6V6Ww5">Best Picture Book </a></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><b><a href="https://forms.gle/akPSVoDpmAfLaPHAA">Best Grades 4- 6 Chapter Book</a></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><b><a href="https://forms.gle/fjDjCwf41oyAgnM68">Best Grades 6-9 Chapter Book</a></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 8pt">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%"><a href="https://forms.gle/884VvpJ51PrfbE767"><b>Best High School Book </b></a></span><b><span style="line-height:107%"></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b style=""><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></p><font size="4" style="" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><font color="#8e7cc3">Write</font></b> <br>LBPH challenges you to come up with your best Haiku. What is a “Haiku”? Haiku poems celebrate an appreciation for beauty and nature. Plants, animals, water, weather, and seasons are often subjects of a haiku. These poems require the writer to count syllables instead of words. This form of poetry always uses 3 lines and 17 syllables. <br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1.25in;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""> </b><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Line 1: 5 syllables</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br>
Line 2: 7 syllables</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br>
Line 3: 5 syllables</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b style=""><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b style=""><span style="line-height:107%">Example
#1</span></b><br></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 8pt"><i><span style="line-height:150%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Green and speckled legs,<br>
Hop on logs and lily pads<br>
Splash in cool water.</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Example #2</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><i><span style="line-height:107%">Cherry blossom buds</span></i><span style="line-height:107%"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><i><span style="line-height:107%">Do they hear someone
coughing?</span></i><span style="line-height:107%"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><i><span style="line-height:107%">Better to stay shut!</span></i><span style="line-height:107%"></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">— Marilyn
Berger</font></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">(<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/" style="color:blue">https://www.washingtonpost.com/</a>)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b><span style="line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Resources
to Visit</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><a href="https://writeshop.com/writing-haiku-poem/" style="color:blue"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif">https://writeshop.com/writing-haiku-poem/</font></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm" style="color:blue">https://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm</a><u><span style="color:blue"></span></u></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font size="4" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Send
us your best quarantine-composed haiku and we’ll select our favorites to share with
readers. Email your poem to: </span><a href="lashawn.myles@maryland.gov" style="color:blue"><span style="line-height:107%">lashawn.myles@maryland.gov</span></a></font><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:107%"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="102" valign="top" style="width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:5pt"><br></span> <img src="cid:ii_14e8cd7de7082e4b" width="90" height="96"></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="width:175.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">LaShawn Myles </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Youth Services Librarian</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryland State Library</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">415 Park Avenue</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(410)%20230-2454" value="+14102302454" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">410-230-2455</a> (office)</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(410)%20333-2095" value="+14103332095" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">410-333-2095</a> (fax)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="mailto:lashawn.myles@maryland.gov" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">lashawn.myles@maryland.gov</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><a href="http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?agencycode=MSDE&SurveyID=86M2956" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Click here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> to complete a three question customer experience survey.</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br></font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80);border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><tbody><tr><td width="234" valign="top" style="width:175.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span></span><span></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>