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The 10th Annual March into Reading 2013  

Imagine That –  A Novel Idea! 

Friday, March 1 & Saturday, March 2

An ACE hallmark initiative, March into Reading promotes reading as a community value. March into Reading supplies schools with quality children’s books and engages students in more than 25 ACE preschools, elementary and middle schools in common reading. In addition, teachers and librarians in classrooms and school libraries throughout Aquidneck Island guide students in author and book studies of March into Reading’s featured authors and illustrators. (scroll down to see the featured authors and illustrators for 2013)

The program culminates in a two-day, island-wide celebration of children’s books. Authors and illustrators visit schools on a Friday to read books, demonstrate how books are illustrated and talk with children about their love of reading and writing.

The following day, the festivities continue at Salve Regina with author and illustrator presentations, book sales and signings, special exhibits, and the very popular discovery rooms designed by Salve Regina’s education majors. The festival nurtures families’ engagement in their children’s learning by giving children the opportunity to introduce their parents to the authors and books they have studied in school.

March into Reading 2013  Authors & Illustrators

David Macaulay  author of The Way We Work, Mosque, The New Way Things Work

Marc Tyler Nobleman author of Bill, the Boy Wonder, Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman

Laura Gates Galvin author of I Love My Mommy, Alphabet Animals and Smithsonian’s Backyard Series

Mark Peter Hughes author of Lemonade Mouth, A Crack in the Sky

Ann Hood author of How I Saved My Father’s Life, The Treasure Chest series

David Biedrzycki author of The Boat Alphabet Book, ACE Lacewing Bug Detective Series

Lucinda Landon author of Meg Macintosh History Mysteries series

Laura Backman author of Lemon the Duck