The Noisy Classroom
Written by Angela Shanté & illustrated by Alison Hawkins
The first day of school is coming… and I'm going to be in the noisy class. Any class but the noisy class will do!
A young girl is about to enter the third grade, but this year she's put into Ms. Johnson's noisy class. Everything about the noisy class is odd. While all the other classes are quiet, Ms. Johnson sings and the kids chatter all day. The door is always closed, yet sounds from it can be heard in the hallway. With summer coming to an end and school starting, the girl realizes that soon she'll be going to the noisy class. What will school be like now?
Featuring 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.
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Book details
- Author
- Angela Shanté
- Illustrator
- Alison Hawkins
- Imprint
- West Margin Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 40
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- The Noisy Classroom
- Ages
- 6-8
- Subjects
- Juvenile Fiction › School & Education
Juvenile Fiction › Social Themes › New Experience
Juvenile Fiction › Social Themes › Emotions & Feelings - Topics
- first day of school · back to school · new teacher · school anxiety · third grade · Black girl protagonist · elementary school
- ISBN-13
- 9781513262925
About the author
ANGELA SHANTÉ is the co-founder of Sunday Dinner Publishing and the author of children’s books including When My Cousins Come to Town and The Noisy Classroom.
Shanté’s work has earned multiple honors: The Noisy Classroom was a finalist for the 2020 American Fiction Awards for Children’s Fiction and a silver medalist for the 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards for Ages 6–8; When My Cousins Come to Town was a silver medalist for the 2022 Irma Black Award and appeared on NYPL’s Best Books for Kids 2021.
When she’s not writing, Shanté works as a consultant for educational organizations and schools and advocates for DEI in publishing. Her background as a former teacher informs her work in children’s literature.
Angela lives in Los Angeles, California.