March Book Madness!

The Elite 8

Vote for your favorite in each of the four matchups in your assigned category:

Picture Book

Middle Grade Novel



Young Adult Novel

And the Winner Is...

The 2018 Cabrini Mock Caldecott Award goes to:

Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper



There were also two honor books:

Egg by Kevin Henkes
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat

2018 Cabrini Mock Caldecott Contenders and Ballot

These are the books that we will be voting on for the 2018 Cabrini Mock Caldecott.

The actual Caldecott Award will be announced by the American Library Association on Monday, February 12th

Click this link to vote for your 2018 Cabrini Mock Caldecott winner.

Check Out What's New in the Library with Padlet

I created a Padlet account over Christmas break to showcase new library books. Any time you want to see what's new in the library, check out this link here.

I will also put this link under the resources tab.

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.

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. 

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