November 25, 2025

CUSD 430 libraries celebrated Picture Book Month by promoting the book, Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall.

More about Negative Cat:

Negative Cat is the story of a little boy who loves cats and asks his parents for a pet cat every day for more than a year. When his parents finally give in and adopt a pet cat from a shelter (with a few conditions, including reading every day), they find that the cat is grumpy, ignores them, and seems negative....about EVERYTHING.

Until one day, the little boy opens a book to practice his reading and finds the cat sitting next to him, listening to him read. The cat becomes friendly and the little boy finds himself going to the animal shelter and reading to all of the animals.

It’s a book about the joy that reading can bring to humans and animals alike.

March 3rd, 2025

Mrs. Mitilieri invited READ Club to come take part in Prairie View's Read Across America events.

The high school students read books that promote the joy of reading to the elementary students, then discussed their own love of reading with them.

See photos from the event:

Photos were taken by Aiden Melchi of Media Club