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Media Contact: Voncile Williams

(239) 533-4808 or vwilliam@leegov.com

Design A Bookmark Contest Winners Announced

Fort Myers, Fla., October 31, 2009 – See the work of some of the area’s young artists, at your library. Hundreds of children participated in the annual “Design a Bookmark” contest at the Lee County Library System. Their entries will be on display at Lee County Library System locations November 9 – 15.

Each year, the library invites local 3-5 graders to create bookmarks with a theme about reading. This year’s theme, “Dive Into Reading!” inspired a wide variety of ideas, according to Lee County Library System Program Coordinator, Voncile Williams.

“We received hundreds of bookmarks that represented the heights reading takes young people. Some of the winning artists expressed themselves with diving penguins, book-shaped fish and a variety of sea creatures and scuba divers enjoying a good read,” Williams said.

Judges selected one winning design from each location. Those designs can be viewed on the Lee County Library System website: www.leegov.com/library.

Each of the winning artists will receive a supply of his or her bookmarks to share with friends, family and classmates, as well as a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble on U.S. 41 in Fort Myers at a special reception in the store Friday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m.

This year’s Design a Bookmark Contest winners are:

Boca Grande Reference Room	View Bookmark (JPG)
Clara Marra
5^th grade, The Island School
Bonita Springs Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Jacob Hunter Sayers
4^th grade, Spring Creek Elementary
Cape Coral-Lee County Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Denisse Garcia
5^th grade, Orangewood Elementary
Captiva Memorial Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Isaac Bender
5^th grade, The Sanibel School
Dunbar-Jupiter Hammon Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Car’Deija Williams
5^th grade, Lee Charter Academy
East County Regional Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Bryn Parsons
5^th grade, Orangewood Elementary
Fort Myers-Lee County Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Christopher Hanwacker
4^th grade, Orangewood Elementary
Lakes Regional Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Jonathan Ferrara
3^rd grade, Tanglewood Elementary
Lee County Bookmobile	View Bookmark (JPG)
Cheyenne Brokaw
5^th grade, Mirror Lakes Elementary
North Fort Myers Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Kiana Veopraseuth
4^th grade, Tropic Isles Elementary
Pine Island Public Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Drew Cullen
5^th grade, Pine Island Elementary
Riverdale Branch Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Indigo Siemienski
5^th grade, River Hall Elementary
South County Regional Library	View Bookmark (JPG)
Cameron Cobb
4^th grade, Bonita Springs Charter School