Salve Regina University

March Into Reading! A Celebration of Children's Books

Click here for the March into Reading! 2008 Photo Gallery.

Events

Friday February 27, 2009

Authors and Illustrators visit 20 ACE Elementary & Middle Schools

Saturday February 28, 2009

9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina University
Free & Open to the Public

  • Author and Illustrator Presentations
  • Book Sales and Signing
  • Children's Activity Rooms
  • Family Information Centers

Guest Authors and Illustrators

  • David Macaulay, The New Way Things Work & The Way We Work
  • Tony O'Brien, Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan
  • Linda Crotta Brennan, The Black Regiment of the American Revolution
  • John Brennan, Ghosts of Newport
  • Mary Jane Begin, R is for Rhode Island Red
  • Michael Dooling Anne Hutchinson's Way
  • Jeannine Atkins Anne Hutchinson's Way
  • Lucinda Landon American History Mysteries
  • Janet Lisle Black Duck

Sponsors

  • Target
  • People's Credit Union
  • The Hamilton Family Foundation
  • The Newport Public Education Foundation
  • The Newport Daily News
  • Island Books
  • Salve Regina University

If you would like to support March into Reading! call Melissa Davis (401) 341-2457.

Committee Members

  • Christine Bagley, Curriculum Librarian the Janet L. Robinson Curriculum Resource Center, McKillop Library, SRU
  • Kitty Rok, Professional Lecturer & ACE Coordinator Department or Education, SRU
  • Lissa Fernandez, Professional Lecturer, Department of Education, SRU
  • Melissa Davis, Academic Grants Officer, SRU
  • Stacey Lyons, Underwood School Librarian , Newport Public Schools
  • Lisa Olaynack, Thompson Middle School Teacher, Newport Public Schools
  • Murry Edwards, St. Michael's Country Day School School Librarian, Newport
  • Renee Kaminitz, Aquidneck School Librarian , Middletown Public Schools
  • Judy Knowles, Pennfield School Librarian, Portsmouth
  • Chyleene O'Connor, Gaudet Middle School Teacher, Middletown
  • Gloria Schmidt, Elmhurst School Librarian retired, Portsmouth
  • Judy Crosby, Island Books, proprietor, Middletown
  • Jeanne Staats, St. Philomena School, Portsmouth
  • Beth Gorter, Elmhurst School Librarian