[Libs-Or] reading suggestion for 2009 Oregon Reads

[Katie Anderson]

Below is an email I received about a book that may be a good fit for your Oregon Reads activities.  This is not an endorsement, please use your selection policy and reviews to make sure this is appropriate for your collection and community.

Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528

 
 
From: Ari Phillips [mailto:arip at gacpc.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:52 PM
To: contact at oregonreads2009.org
Subject: further reading suggestion for 2009 Oregon Reads
 
Hello,
 
My name is Ari Phillips and I'm the marketing manager at Graphic Arts Books, located in Portland OR. This year, one of our distributed publishers, Fenwick, published a book about Bainbridge Island and the Japanese internment during WWII. The book IN DEFENSE OF OUR NIEGHBORS: THE WALT AND MILLY WOODWARD STORY by MARY WOODWARD is a beautiful homage to both the Japanese-Americans during this time as well as a reliable historical reference. 
 
It has been reviewed by THE SEATTLE TIMES and SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, which called the book "essential for all public libraries". The author is also very active, especially since she is the grandchild of the two main subjects of the book, and she has done numerous signings and events in the Pacific NW.
 
I was hoping I could be put in touch with Terrillyn Chun or anyone else who might be able to help integrate this book into the Oregon Reads 2009 program and give it some of the exposure it certainly deserves.
 
You can read more about the book on our website at http://www.gacpc.com/titles/title_pages/detail.asp?bookcode=INDEFE 
 
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!
 
Ari Phillips
Marketing Manager
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
3019 NW Yeon, Portland, OR 97210
(503) 226-2402
www.gacpc.com
 
 
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