Monday, April 7th: Love Your "SHELF"
Create a book spine that celebrates who you are and add it to your classroom bookshelf.
Thursday, April 10th: Literacy Night!
6:00-7:30pm
If you would like to participate in a book swap, feel free to bring one with you this evening!
Huskies Welcome Tracey Baptiste to Hosmer!
On Wednesday, April 9th, Tracey Baptiste will join us to share about her life, the inspiration behind her bestsellers, and her process as an author. She will also spend time meeting with a small group of Hosmer students. Keep reading to learn more about this phenomenal author!
"Tracey Baptiste is a New Jersey based New York Times bestselling author, best known for The Jumbies Trilogy: The Jumbies, Rise of the Jumbies, and The Jumbie God's Revenge. The horror-tinged series draws on Caribbean folklore and mythology from Tracey’s native Trinidad and Tobago. Tracey also writes non-fiction and historical books such as African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History and Because Claudette. Her popular novel Minecraft: The Crash debuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestseller list in July 2018. Tracey’s books have received starred reviews from School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus and have been named in best books of the year roundups for NPR, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, the New York Public Library, Brightly, We Need Diverse Books, and Bank Street.
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts in English and Comparative Literature at New York University, she fell in love with teaching, earned her Master of Arts in Education from New York University, and worked in elementary schools for several years. She finally returned to writing during her years as an editor at McGraw-Hill. Tracey now writes full-time, though she satisfies her love of teaching by doing school and library visits around the world and offering classes and mentorships on her website: www.traceybaptiste.com."
