AN INITIATIVE in Southill to inspire families to read together has been a great success.
The “One Book, One Southill” was launched to bring families, schools and agencies together by reading one book; “Tom Crean- Iceman”, by Michael Smith, about the Antarctic explorer from Kerry.
The author visited the schools involved and conducted workshops, while he also gave an evening workshop for adults.
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The younger generation were given a related picture book, “Tom Crean’s Rabbit” by Meredith Hooper.
The project was concluded on April 2 with an evening in the Southill Area Centre including a display of art and project work and a table quiz on “Iceman-Tom Crean”.
Mary Blennerhassett, the home/school liaison officer in Southill, is behind the project and said: “This has been a phenomenal success with a reasonable estimate of 4,000 people having read “ Iceman” or the related book”.