What will school be like now?įeaturing the honest and delightful humor of debut author Angela Shanté and the bold, graphic imagery of debut illustrator Alison Hawkins, The Noisy Classroom encourages those with first-day jitters to reevaluate a scary situation by looking at it from a different angle and to embrace how fun school can be, even in nontraditional ways. With summer coming to an end and school starting, the girl realizes that soon she'll be going to the noisy class. The door is always closed, yet sounds from it can be heard in the hallway. She has taught elementary school for ten years. Johnson sings and the kids chatter all day. Angela Shanté is writer, poet, editor, and educator, with a Masters in Elementary Education and an MFA in Creative Writing. While all the other classes are quiet, Ms. Featuring the honest and delightful humor of debut author/storyteller Angela Shant and the bold, graphic imagery of debut artist/illustrator Alison Hawkins, The Noisy Classroom encourages children with those first-day jitters to reevaluate a scary situation by looking at it from a different angle and to embrace how fun school can be, even in. Any class but the noisy class will do!Ī young girl is about to enter the third grade, but this year she's put into Ms. Angela Shanté is a former K-12 classroom teacher, and award-winning author of The Noisy Classroom, a picture book that she wrote about her third-grade classroom to help soothe childhood anxiety associated with school and change. Winner, 2020 American Fiction Awards for Best Cover Design: Children's Booksįinalist, 2020 American Fiction Awards for Children's Fiction When I am not writing I work as an educational consultant and curriculum specialist.Silver Medalist, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards: Books for 6–8 Year Olds Currently she works as an educational consultant and curriculum specialist in southern California. Angela Shanté is a writer and author of the childrens book The Noisy Classroom, as well as a poet, editor, and educator, with a Masters in Elementary Education and an MFA in Creative. Angela always knew two things: (1) she loved teaching students to read and write, and (2) she wanted to write stories that children would love to read and would inspire them to write.

In her own classroom, she believes in having fun, playing games, moving around, dancing, and enjoying the education experience for her students and herself. Nick summons Roxanne Shanté to help captain the Old School against Tink, Hitmaka and the New School in games of Pick Up & Kill It, Kick Em Out the Classroom, Remix and Wildstyle. She grew up in New York City where she first fell in love with words and storytelling. All summer she plans her escape… but with September drawing near… what will she do?”Īngela Shanté Johnson is a poet, writer, editor, and educator with a Masters in Elementary Education and an MFA in Creative Writing. Johnson’s class next year she plans to run away to Antarctica.

When the doors are closed you can always hear music wafting into the hallway. Johnson’s class is the noisy class in the school. The Noisy Classroom, a book about an unconventional classroom, is a story about change, uncertainty, and nontraditional learning.

The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shanté