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available for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME�, an award-winning family reading,
discussion and storytelling series offered by the Louisiana Endowment for the
Humanities (LEH) in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA)
Public Programs Office and with support from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH). State-level organizations, i.e. state libraries, state
humanities councils, centers for the book, and library associations, are
invited to apply. Applications and guidelines are available at www.ala.org/publicprograms and
www.leh.org . The receipt deadline for
applications is October 1, 2003. Based on illustrated
children's books, PRIME TIME is designed to help low-income, low-literate
families bond around the act of reading and talking about books. It models and
encourages family reading and discussion of humanities topics, and aids parents
and children in selecting books and becoming active public library users. PRIME
TIME received the 2003 Advancement of Literacy award from the Public Library
Association (PLA), a division of the ALA, and the Coming Up Taller award from the
Presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2000. This year, PRIME TIME
will add 20 sites to its national roster. State-level organizations in four
states will be selected to offer five programs each at public libraries
throughout the state. State-level organizations that work with libraries and
the humanities are encouraged to apply. Libraries interested in participating
in PRIME TIME are encouraged to contact their state library, humanities
council, center for the book or library association. Selected states will
receive grant funding and materials to work with library staff to present the
PRIME TIME series at five library sites. Each series will meet once a week for
six weeks at participating libraries. Through a discussion leader and a
storyteller, children ages 6 to 10 years and their parents or guardians will
hear classic children's stories, watch reading aloud demonstrations, discuss
humanities themes in each book and learn about library resources and services.
Younger siblings, ages 3 to 5 years, will participate in separate pre-reading
activities. For more information,
visit www.ala.org/publicprograms
or www.leh.org . Questions about PRIME
TIME should be directed to Dana Eness, LEH, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or Laura Hayes, ALA Public Programs Office, at [EMAIL PROTECTED]. ALA Public Programs
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