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WIU Children's Lit Exam Center Open House April 19, 20
March 20, 2012
MACOMB, IL -- Are you looking for literature that will get your students or children excited about reading? Are you interested in learning which are the "hot" new books coming from the children's book and young-adult book publishers?
Then look no further than the upcoming Western Illinois University's Children's Literature Examination Center (CLEC) in Horrabin Hall on the WIU-Macomb campus. Teachers, school administrators, librarians, parents and anyone interested in children's literature are invited to attend CLEC's annual open house Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20 in Horrabin Hall, room 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 19 and from 8-12 a.m. on Friday, April 20. The event is 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 with an interest in learning about what's 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 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. Registration is not required; refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact the curriculum and instruction department at (309) 298-1961.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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