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Atia Abawi, author of the 2019 Teen All Iowa Reads selection A Land of Permanent Goodbyes, recently visited Iowa libraries and schools to talk with teens and community members who participated in community reads and discussion of her book.
Director Sarah Sellon received a commemorative plaque and $2,000 to further the program’s literacy efforts from State Librarian Michael Scott and Iowa Center for the Book Coordinator Nancy Medema.
The 2020 All Iowa Reads selections were announced live on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa program with host Charity Nebbe.
The 2020 titles for All Iowa Reads, Teen All Iowa Reads, and Kids All Iowa Reads program from the Iowa Center for the Book will be announced LIVE on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Letters About Literature is a statewide reading and writing competition for students in grades 4 through 12, who write a letter to an author explaining how that author’s work changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves.
