[OPLINLIST] GREAT LAKES READS: A CENTER FOR THE BOOK COLLABORATION

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GREAT LAKES READS: A CENTER FOR THE BOOK COLLABORATION
Readers are encouraged to get to know the Great Lakes through multi-state reading list

Contact:
Amy Dawson
Ohio Center for the Book
Amy.dawson at cpl.org<mailto:Amy.dawson at cpl.org>
(216) 902-4947


CLEVELAND, OHIO - The Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library (CPL) is pleased to announce "Great Lakes Reads," a collaborative project of the Great Lakes state Centers for the Book: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, with participation by the Ontario Book Publishers Organization. Created in 1977, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress promotes books, reading, literacy, and libraries.

Books for the "Great Lakes Reads" list were selected by each state, and province, that borders a Great Lake. The chosen works, all by authors either from or residing in each location, highlight the state's relationship with its lake and the communities surrounding it. Ohio selected The Lake Effect, the fifth book in the Milan Jacovich mystery series.  Every Clevelander understands the lake effect, a weather condition that brings plenty of snow, especially in November when election time rolls around.  Milan Jacovich, the genial Cleveland private eye, has never been a political animal. But he owes a favor to mobster Victor Gaimari, and Milan always pays his debts. So he agrees to play watchdog over a mayoral election in suburban Lake Erie Shores in which dowdy housewife Barbara Corns is challenging incumbent Gayton True.

Les Roberts is the author of 18 mystery novels featuring Cleveland private eye Milan Jacovich, as well as 11 other books of fiction. The past president of both the Private Eye Writers of America and the American Crime Writers League, he came to mystery writing after a 24-year career in Hollywood writing and producing television shows. He has been a professional actor, a singer, a jazz musician, and a teacher. A native of Chicago, he now lives in Northeast Ohio

To download the bookmark and poster, and for more information and a complete list of Great Lakes Reads, visit http://thefriends.org/about/center-for-the-book/great-lakes-reads/

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About Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Public Library is the place for all Clevelanders to dream, create and grow.  CPL serves four million patrons annually at 27 branches across the city, lending more than 6.5 million from a collection of more than 10 million items. CPL library services are also available at the Public Administration Library in City Hall, "The People's University on Wheels" Bookmobile, Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, and the On the Road to Reading literacy van. CPL is the home for the Ohio Center for the Book, and CLEVNET library cooperation.

For more information about Cleveland Public Library, please visit cpl.org<http://cpl.org/>.

About The Ohio Center for the Book
The Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library promotes and celebrates books, reading, literacy and libraries to Ohio's citizens and the book community at large and is affiliated with the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress.  The Center for the Book was established in 1977 to use the resources and prestige of the Library of Congress to promote books, reading, libraries, and literacy. In 1997, the Ohio center was established at the State Library of Ohio to promote Ohio's book culture and literary heritage. On November 14, 2003, the Ohio center for the Book was relocated to the Cleveland Public Library.

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