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daily12009-02-27T15:33:48ZBright Shining Stars Read Their Letters! Iowa's 2012 LAL Winners http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/LAL-2012-winners-read After two rounds of judging at the national level and one at the state level, eighteen students have been named top winners in the national Letters About Literature reading/writing 2012 contest. Students read their letters at a celebration on May 4, 2012 at the State Library in the Ola Babcock Miller Building in Des Moines. The program also included an address by award winning author Dori Hillestad Butler.No publisherrmartinfeatured news2012-05-17T16:01:24ZNews ItemAll Iowa Reads 2012 Author Tracy Kidder in Des Moines http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/all-iowa-reads-2012-author-tracy-kidder-in-des-moines AViD, the "Authors Visit in Des Moines" program of the Des Moines Public Library, features an appearance by renown writer Tracy Kidder, author of this year's All Iowa Reads selection on March 27, 2012 at 7:30 pm at Hoyt Sherman Place.No publisherrmartinfeatured news2012-04-17T23:56:13ZNews Item"Strength in What Remains" by Tracy Kidder http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/archive/2011/october/air12 The Iowa Center for the Book proudly announces that 2012 All Iowa Reads selection is "Strength in What Remains" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder. The book tells the true story of Deogratias, a young physician from Burundi, who survives genocide only to find himself a homeless emegre in America. Deo never succumbs to the despair, isolation and prejudice he finds in New York City. He draws on inner strength to overcome all odds, graduate from Columbia University and return to his native land to open health clinics there. Dark, but not without hope and full of forgiveness, this is a must read for all Iowans.No publisherawettelandfeatured news2011-11-21T15:53:49ZNews ItemDori Hillestad Butler's "The Case of the Lost Boy" selected for National Book Festival Map http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/hillestad-butler "The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy" by award-winning Iowa children's author Dori Hillestad Butler has been named as Iowa’s entry for the National Book Festival’s “Great Places Literary Map.”No publisherrmartinfeatured news2011-06-03T00:06:17ZNews ItemICB on Facebook http://www.iowacenterforthebook.org/icb-on-facebook Join the conversation on all things literary! We want to hear from you.No publisherrmartinfeatured news2012-04-26T23:51:27ZNews Item