Silver Medalist, 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards: Books for 6-8 Year
Olds
Winner, 2020 American Fiction Awards for Best Cover Design: Children's
Books
Finalist, 2020 American Fiction Awards for Children's Fiction
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.