<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If this email is not formatted properly please go to our website at</span><span style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2983_com_zimbra_url" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.swonlibraries.org/">swonlibraries.org</a></font><a href="http://www.swonlibraries.org/" target="_blank"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://oh.evanced.info/swon/lib/eventsignup.asp?ID=273&rts=&disptype=&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=11/1/2012&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp="><img src="cid:c1268455ff9f57c1959e0329eb42a512810d7e76@zimbra"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0.9em; line-height: 21.613332748413086px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; text-align: start; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Story times are great opportunities to teach parents and caregivers how to teach their children. 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