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Friday
Jun012012

Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam Launches Book Club

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam launched a statewide book club on Friday, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

The Read20 Family Book Club encourages families to read 20 minutes per day this summer. A book will be featured monthly on the its website, where children and families can find reading ideas, activities and tips. The book club's goal is to encourage parents to engage in their children's academic lives and promote early child literacy.

Haslam selected Frindle by Andrew Clements as June's featured "Book of the Month," the paper says.

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