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The North Central Regional Library (NCRL), headquartered in Wenatchee, Washington, is an intercounty rural library district and municipal corporation formed in 1960. NCRL provides public library services to persons residing in Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, and Okanogan Counties. This service district is only slightly smaller than the combined area of Massachusetts (10,555 square miles) and Connecticut (5,543 square miles) and comprises 1/4 of Washington State's land surface area. NCRL provides service to its many rural patrons through its popular, unique, and innovative Mail Order Library. This was the country's first mail order library operation and has become one of the few remaining. Descriptive catalogs are designed by library staff for home use and are distributed three times per year on all rural postal routes. Books, audio recordings, and video recordings are mailed directly to the user's home and may be returned using the merchandise return label included in each shipment. == Programs == Bilingual Outreach: NCRL's Bilingual Outreach Program provides regularly scheduled Spanish/English storytimes at public schools, Head Start, Migrant Seasonal Head Start (), ECEAP (), and other facilities serving children throughout Grant County to foster emergent literacy and promote reading. In 2003, NCRL received a federal "Serving Cultural Diversity" grant that funded bilingual library materials, a van, and audio listening centers. Authors in Residence In 2004, NCRL directed its first author in residence program to middle-school age children by bringing author Ben Mikaelsen () to six middle schools and the Wenatchee Public Library for programs. In 2005, author Will Hobbs () presented programs and kids were encouraged to read his books ''Far North'' and ''Jackie's Wild Seattle''. In 2006, children's author/illustrator Richard Jesse Watson () and author Patrick Carmen () presented programs at schools and libraries throughout the library district. Terry Trueman () was the author in residence in 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Central Regional Library」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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