American Library Association

The American Library Association was founded in 1876 and based in Chicago, Illinois. The oldest and largest library education and promotion association in the world, they have featured the Muppets in many advertising campaigns over the years.
In a 1980 campaign, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy were pictured browsing in a library. The image was later used on a bookplate sticker. The Muppet Babies appeared on a READ campaign in 1986. Another READ campaign in 1992 pictured Miss Piggy as Cleopatra.
In 1997, a campaign featuring poster and bookmarks was launched under the title, "Building a Nation of Readers". The promotion featured Kermit, Miss Piggy and Rizzo the Rat building a house of books.library.uiuc.edu
File:Poster-Kermit-Piggy-READ.jpg|"READ" poster, 1980
File:read bookmark 80.jpg|Bookmark, 1980
File:American Library Association 1986 Muppet Babies poster.jpg|"READ" poster, 1986
File:muppet babies books read poster.jpg|"READ" poster, 1988
File:piggy read cleo 2.jpg|"READ: Fall in Love with Books"1992
File:piggy read cleo 1.jpg
File:cleo read full poster.jpeg
File:Building_a_nation.jpg|"Building a Nation of Readers", 1997
File:TravelingMatt-READ.png|"Discover New Worlds"
File:Discover New Worlds sticker.jpg|"Discover New Worlds" sticker
File:BigBird-READ.png|"Read and Grow"
==References==
* In the book A Visit to the Sesame Street Library, Bert and Ernie are featured in one of the many "READ" posters seen throughout the library. The poster is a reference to the 1980 poster featuring Kermit and Miss Piggy.
Image:Ernie_and_Bert_READ.JPG
Read poster i want to be an astronaut.jpg|I Want to Be an Astronaut
Image:Coastal-cookiemonsterread.jpg|Cookie Monster "READ" t-shirt
==See also==
*Muppet posters
==Sources==
==External links==
* Official site
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