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WORDS CONJURE UP TANGIBLE PICTURES AT SCHOOL LIBRARY.(News)

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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 19980329
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Byline: Tracy Valeri

Suzanne Schirk, librarian at Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School in Northridge, wants to see young people reading and enjoying books.

That's why she began a literacy poster contest more than 10 years ago.

English students are required to read several books throughout the school year. The kids choose one they enjoyed and then create a poster to illustrate it.

That's where Schirk comes in.

If the students wish, they can enter their posters in her contest.

``The posters are so good this year,'' Schirk said. ``I have about 90 of them ...

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