May Breakfast, May 6th, 2006
    The final event for Reading Across RI was a great success with over 500 readers gathered to hear the author of Shadow Divers, Rob Kurson and the two main characters, Richie Kohler and John Chatterton.

Videoconference
    Audiences at eight high schools and two libraries participated in the 2006 RARI videoconference on Friday, May 5th, hosted by Barrington High School: Chariho Regional, Cumberland & East Greenwich Libraries, and East Providence, Narragansett, North Providence, Tiverton, Westerly and Woonsocket High Schools.
    RINET streamed the videoconference and it is available online at: http://198.7.230.6/RINET/ for the next few weeks.

Thank you to all those who contributed to the success of Reading Across Rhode Island 2006!

• Robert Kurson, author of Shadow Divers
• Richie Kohler and John Chatterton, the ‘shadow divers’ themselves
• Lt. Governor Charles J. Fogarty, Honorable Chair of Reading Across RI
• The local merchants who donated to the Penny Social at the Breakfast: Interstate Navigation, the National Hotel, the Feinstein IMAX Theater, horticultural therapist, Sally Gruber of West Warwick, Champlin’s Seafood, Wilson’s of Wickford, Green River Silver Company, Tom Freeman Bubbles Dive Shop in Newport, Mystic Aquarium, Save the Bay, Barrington Books, Tim May of Brimfield Antiques Shows
• Our funders: Fidelity Investments, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Reading with Robin, Random House Publishing, the Corporation for National & Community Service and Newport Federal Savings.
• The Center for the Book and Providence Public Library volunteer committee members and the members of the RARI 2006 Nominating Committee
• And YOU! Rhode Island Readers!

Please help us with next year’s effort by completing this survey & sending it back to us: SURVEY 2006 [.doc]

Nominate a book for Reading Across Rhode Island 2007!

BEFORE! I don’t even swim. Michelle, East Providence I’m NOT interested in skin diving. John, Cranston Non-fiction is not my thing. Sarah, Warren A book about macho men obsessing about a WWII German submarine – no thanks. Jill, Warwick Please don’t make me read this book! Cheryl, Providence

Why don’t YOU – “take the plunge” and try Shadow Divers for yourself? See why everyone is talking about it!

AFTER! I couldn’t put it down! Patti, Foster It reads just like fiction! Larry, Warwick It was a real page-turner. I learned a lot about history, diving, men’s characters and how to do (and NOT do) research. Mattie, Newport I didn’t think I was interested in the subject, but I couldn’t stop reading! Robert, Central Falls

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