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The Teaching Librarian 24.1 37 Conclusion This project has demonstrated to us that reading for pleasure can be enhanced with a collective discussion of how stories can inform us about our own experiences in the world. The high school version of this template has been a successful way to get teens to read and talk and think about how literature connects to their own life. It is notable that it was an extracurricular project and, in most cases, nothing was formally evaluated. If you would like to see the Haliburton High school and Haliburton Public Library book project first hand, check out the link on the Edugains Literacy site under Resource Collections > Resources by type > videos at: http://www. edugains.ca/newsite/literacy/resource_by_type.html Please also feel free to contact us for input or suggestions at: m.shapiera@tldsb.on.ca or ekernohan@haliburtonlibrary.ca. z