You do not have to go to the Barnes & Noble in Allen Park for your purchase to "count." You can go to any Barnes & Noble and show them this flyer or you can make your purchase online and enter the code at the bottom of the page.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Come to the Cabrini Barnes & Noble Bookfair
We hope you'll join us for the Cabrini Barnes & Noble Bookfair on Sunday December 10th. A percentage of the purchases you make on that day and for the rest of the week will go to our school.
You do not have to go to the Barnes & Noble in Allen Park for your purchase to "count." You can go to any Barnes & Noble and show them this flyer or you can make your purchase online and enter the code at the bottom of the page.
You do not have to go to the Barnes & Noble in Allen Park for your purchase to "count." You can go to any Barnes & Noble and show them this flyer or you can make your purchase online and enter the code at the bottom of the page.
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Where in the World Was Mrs. Shaum Last Week?
...in St. Louis at one of her favorite events of the year for teachers and book lovers: The NCTE conference and ALAN workshop...
...leading a roundtable session with her favorite YA author, Jason Reynolds
...and also getting to be part of the same session with authors
Angie Thomas
Julie Murphy
Laurie Halse Anderson
A.S. King
M.T. Anderson
Matt de la Pena
and of course, Jason Reynolds
...hanging out with author Gae Polisner
...having dinner with beloved author Andrew Clements (Thank you Random House for this incredible honor!)
....meeting debut and soon-to-be beloved author Nic Stone
...building a book fort at the ALAN workshop (all 500 attendees go home with a box of 40+ books!)
...getting to hear Jason Reynolds again... because the world cannot hear enough Jason Reynolds (photo credit: @pamelahkirkland on Instagram )
...presenting an author panel with Martha Brockenbrough, Winifred Conkling, and Cynthia and Sanford Levinson called "History is Alive"
...meeting Detroit native Shaka Senghour
...being part of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award committee, which chose Jeff Zentner's beautiful book, The Serpent King, as the winner
...having dinner with the Walden Award Committee along with the winner and 2 honor authors (thank you Penguin Random House for this wonderful evening!)
...getting to sit between TWO of those authors at dinner (Bonnie-Sue Hitchcok and Jeff Zentner)
...bringing home ALL of these wonderful books back to school to share with YOU, my beloved students*
*The student to guess closest to the correct number of books in this picture by Friday December 1, will win an advance reader copy and a tote bag from my adventures at ALAN and NCTE! (If there is a tie or multiple ties, I will pick a name from a hat)
I had a great time in St. Louis, but I'm glad to be back in the library where I belong. :)
For more photos and videos from NCTE and ALAN, check out the Cabrini Library Instagram account.
...leading a roundtable session with her favorite YA author, Jason Reynolds
...and also getting to be part of the same session with authors
Angie Thomas
Julie Murphy
Laurie Halse Anderson
A.S. King
M.T. Anderson
Matt de la Pena
and of course, Jason Reynolds
...hanging out with author Gae Polisner
...having dinner with beloved author Andrew Clements (Thank you Random House for this incredible honor!)
....meeting debut and soon-to-be beloved author Nic Stone
...building a book fort at the ALAN workshop (all 500 attendees go home with a box of 40+ books!)
...getting to hear Jason Reynolds again... because the world cannot hear enough Jason Reynolds (photo credit: @pamelahkirkland on Instagram )
...presenting an author panel with Martha Brockenbrough, Winifred Conkling, and Cynthia and Sanford Levinson called "History is Alive"
...meeting Detroit native Shaka Senghour
...being part of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award committee, which chose Jeff Zentner's beautiful book, The Serpent King, as the winner
...having dinner with the Walden Award Committee along with the winner and 2 honor authors (thank you Penguin Random House for this wonderful evening!)
...getting to sit between TWO of those authors at dinner (Bonnie-Sue Hitchcok and Jeff Zentner)
...bringing home ALL of these wonderful books back to school to share with YOU, my beloved students*
I had a great time in St. Louis, but I'm glad to be back in the library where I belong. :)
For more photos and videos from NCTE and ALAN, check out the Cabrini Library Instagram account.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Saddle Up for the Scholastic Book Fair!
The Scholastic Book Fair starts Friday, September 29th. We hope to see you there.
Here are some fun preview videos for the book fair:
K-3 and 4-6 Preview Videos
6-8 Preview Video
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Check out the latest Voice from the Middle podcast featuring Cabrini 7th graders
The NCTE Voices from the Middle podcast has a segment called "Voices from the Bookshelf." At around 27:00, you will hear some Twitter-style booktalks given by a few of our very own 7th graders..
Voices from the Middle Podcast, volume 24, episode 11
Thursday, January 26, 2017
And the Cabrini Mock Caldecott Winner Is...
This year, the students of St. Frances Cabrini voted for their favorite picture book to win the 2017 Caldecott Award. The votes are in and the winner is:
The book that won the actual 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal was:
And the Caldecott honors were:
The Night Gardener by Terry and Eric Fan
The book that won the actual 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal was:
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
And the Caldecott honors were:
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
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