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"As a child, reading adventure stories often took me to faraway places. I am a firm believer that reading can motivate both young and old to explore new territory and to expand the imagination.  Consider celebrating National Young Reader&amp;#039;s Week (November 9-13, 2009) by making books and the places that inspire stories and story tellers, a part of your week.  Hannibal, MO.In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and his pal Becky Thatcher, get lost in the corridors of a cave. Read aloud the first two pages of Chapter 29 in this famed novel in conjunction with a visit to Missouri&amp;#039;s first show cave. Take a 55 minute tour of the cave depicted in the novel, and learn about the history of the dark spaces, the creatures who make it home and how SamuelClement, who used the pen name Mark Twain, came to tell the story. Contact:1-573-221-1656; www.MarkTwainCave.com.  Harry Potter&amp;#039;s World. Fans of Harry Potter as well as the character&amp;#039;s friends and foes, can visit the locations and learn more about the magic, myths and legends that made this series so popular. Take in tours in England and the US where the film was made. Join other enthusiasts for a ride in the train carriages that were used as the Hogwarts Express. Contact: (800) 487-1136; www.hpfantrips.com/  Where The Wild Things Are. Make it a wild weekend at home or away. Read Where the Wild Things Are,penned by Maurice Sendak. Then take a walk through a nearby park and forest and use your imaginations to talk about the adventures of young Max, the main character in this beloved children&amp;#039;s book. Top off the weekend with a screening of the movie by the same name, created by visionary director Spike Jonze with the help of writer Dave Eggers, who wrote the screenplay.The whole family will enjoy the mix of real actors, computer animation, and live puppeteering, the combination of which, brings the story to life.Contact: www.Moviefone.com. Zane Grey&amp;#039;s America. Best-selling novelist and avid angler Zane Grey created robust stories detailing the life, culture and landscape of the American West. Through titles like Call of the Canyon, Riders of the Purple Sage, The Thundering Herd, Under the Tonto Rim, and The Vanishing American, Grey&amp;#039;s tales of frontier character and romance inspired many to explore new country. His books involve every state west of the Missouri River except North Dakota. Visit his birthplace Zanesville, Ohio, a town founded by his mother&amp;#039;s ancestors, and the locations that inspired his western novels. Contact: www.ZGWS.org; www.nps.gov/upde/historyculture/zanegrey.htm.  The Bard in Ashland, Oregon. William Shakespeare&amp;#039;s work will come alive for the whole family with a visit to this charming Oregon town where festival activities devoted to the English poet and playwright begin in February and carry on through October each year.Re-read your favorites before a visit to this, the nation&amp;#039;s largest repertory theater, where 75 actors play two or three roles in three unique venues. Crews shift the vastly different physical worlds of the plays in a few short hours several times a day. Contact: 541) 482-3486; www.AshlandChamber.com.    Resource: www.bookitprogram.com.     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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