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Children's Literature Exam Center Open House April 14, 15
March 31, 2011
MACOMB, IL -- Are you looking for literature that will get your students -- or children -- excited about reading? Are you interested in learning about the "hot" new works coming from the publishers of children's and young-adult books? Then look no further than the Western Illinois University's Children's Literature Examination Center (CLEC) in Horrabin Hall. Teachers, school administrators, librarians, parents and anyone interested in children's literature are invited to attend CLEC's annual open house Thursday, April 14 and Friday, April 15 in Horrabin Hall 1 on the WIU-Macomb campus.
The center's more than 3,000-book collection of recently published books, which includes most of the recent award winners, will be available for review at the open house, which will be held from 2-6 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 and from 8 a.m.-noon on Friday, April 15. Both events are open free to the public.
The collection includes literature in a range of genres: fiction, nonfiction, traditional literature, picture books and poetry from most of the major publishers of books for children and young adults. The collection is non-circulating, but is open year-round to anyone who has an interest in seeing what is new in children's and young-adult literature.
The CLEC open house will also feature the Lois and Lowell Lueck Collection, which showcases books selected based on established criteria for excellence in literature and writing. Lowell Lueck, former director of Institutional Research and Planning at Western, retired in 1993. Lowell, along with his wife, Lois, a former high school guidance counselor, established an endowment through Western's Foundation in memory of Ardeth and Leonard Grove to promote new ideas and methods for the improvement and teaching of reading in the western Illinois region.
Participants attending the Thursday, April 14 afternoon event can park in the lot south of Horrabin Hall between 2 and 6 p.m. (across from the Leslie F. Malpass Library) without parking permits. Friday participants should pick up visitor parking permits at Mowbray Hall located on WIU's Macomb campus (see www.wiu.edu/explore_wiu/images/Campus-Map-2010-11.pdf for a printable map of the Macomb campus). Registration is not required; refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact the curriculum and instruction department at (309) 298-1961 or via email at C-I@wiu.edu.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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