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My Capstone Team is my go-to for many things that bring my students a deeper level of literary enjoyment and engagement.

Our Student Book Committee, thanks to the idea from Andy Plemmons, has had a great experience the past two years in working with The Demos Group to select books just right for our school and our readers.

Pebblego and Pebblego Next have been wonderful introductory tools used to collaborate with classroom teachers in providing a digestible introduction to research for students even in our youngest grades.

The teaching resources, such as the Fortune Teller, are much appreciated. I used those the first week back from break and the level of engagement was amazing. We came back and reported our learning on a Padlet. There were a few AHAs!

The high and low chapter books are a hit across the grade levels for our Title I school. Library of Doom is a definite favorite.

Capstone's customer service is top notch. I feel like I am dealing with a small, family-owned company in the way of personal care but with a large, finely tuned company with the offerings and expertise.

On a side note, as a parent, I LOVE Capstone as well. They do non-fiction in a really engaging manner.

The rewards program is appreciated. You don't have to offer your first born child to earn points and the fact that points follow you and are not tied to your instruction space is a really nice feature as well.

Student Book Committee with Jim Demos

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I have been a BIG FAN of Capstone for many years! Their non-fiction is top notch!

I love my Capstone Rep. This year she agreed to meet with a group of my students. She was wonderful, the students are still talking about how awesome it was to meet with her and learn about the ordering process.

I am a big fan of the bonus points, they make my very small budget go much further.

My favorite addition this year was the print/interactive duos. Again, nice way to add to my collection without breaking my bank.

Capstone has a great selection of graphic novels and chapter books that feature our favorite comic book heroes. I would love to see some easier picture books with these characters, too. I love being able to suggest to fellow librarians that are still on the fence about the importance of graphic novels that they will never have to worry about a parent complaining about the graphic novels that Capstone puts out each year. They are edgy and safe all at the same time. The kids LOVE them.

I love Nikki D. Robertson's idea or connecting with your authors and illustrators. Skype visits would be awesome!

I second Heather Fox's idea of a database for our upper elementary students. Pebble Go is awesome for the younger students.

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So much to love but best of all is Katie Boone.  Best customer service ever

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So much to love but best of all is Katie Boone.  Best customer service ever

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I'm a huge fan of Capstone's high/lo books-- I had middle school students who finally started see themselves as readers after being introduced to the Vortex, Shade, Dark Man, and Library of Doom books. I also am a big fan of the You Choose interactive history adventures. They even make me want to learn about history and trust me that is quite a feat!

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There are many things I  LOVE about Capstone! Pebble Go has helped turn my students into little researchers, even our youngest learners! The format makes it simple for them to find and record information about lots of different topics.  Even though I use Pebble Go for older students too, maybe a version geared more towards upper grades would be nice.

My students and I also love My Capstone Library. They choose listening to their books over and over again. There is literally a book for every age, every level and every interest. I often hear my little ones singing along to the Cantata books. Those are wonderful!

I have just recently gotten books from Capstone for our library. They are super popular and are becoming some of my student's favorites. They are colorful and engaging! I can't wait to get more!:)

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PebbleGo has been a game changer in my primary level school. Our young students learn how to use it so easily - we just love how intuitive it is to for them to navigate through it. It has transformed how we teach and do inquiry projects. We are teaching them skills they will use for the rest of their lives. Students ask to use PebbleGo even during Makerspace time. They just love having the choice to learn about anything they're interested in. It is being used in the library, classrooms and at home. The kids love when there's a video to go along with a topic. So maybe even more videos?

Capstone has a wide variety of books to choose from, even for the youngest readers. We appreciate the quality of the books as they get a lot of use! We could always use more books about sports for the K-1 level.

I've never had a Capstone rep visit my school. Mainly I seek the Capstone area out at conferences and follow on social media. I'm sure there's lots I'm not aware of from this great company.

My state association (MSLA) truly appreciated the donation of books for our edcamp this fall. So thank you for that ;-)

Whenever I've called customer service, it's been a great experience.

Thanks, Capstone.

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I've ordered books from capstone for several years and I've always been impressed with the quality. Books are well made and hold up nicely to wear and tear from check outs. The rewards program is the icing on the cake--I love being able to pick out a few extra things at no cost.

This year, after much begging and pleading from the librarians in my district, we finally got a county subscription to PebbleGo. This has been a real game changer. All of my students, regardless of age or ability, can be an independent researcher. The read aloud feature with a natural voice is perfect for my beginning readers as well as my English language learners. Even my older students like to use it because it's easy to navigate, has pictures and videos, and pairs down information into manageable chunks.

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Capstone is a wonderful company.  When I was an elementary librarian my younger students loved Pebble Go.  It is such an amazing resource for my younger patrons.
I absolutely love the capstone interactive ebooks.  My teachers are always looking for ways to gain more interaction with their students when presenting lessons and the interactive books work well to accomplish this.
As for Capstone's print books, they are among some of the most checked out by my students.  They are well made and hold up against much abuse.
In moving toward the future, any books you can produce with STEM/Makerspace topics would be fantastic.  I would also like to see a digital database/program similar to PebbleGo for Middle School students.

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Capstone is a wonderful company with such a wide variety of books that reach students of every age. The topics they cover keep students engaged. The format of the books lend themselves to both print and digital formats and students can easily move between both versions.
The different divisions allow librarians to target different needs in our schools.
Cantata Learning has given the gift of song to the students to help them learn concepts in a new way.
Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next have changed the research process for our students. Especially our youngest learners. The read aloud feature allows our kindergartens to be successful in the research projects.

The customer service is wonderful. Folks are always willing to help with any issues.  Capstone rewards help us to build our libraries faster as well.

I would love to see the Texas biographies expanded and more information about Christmas around the world.

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Capstone has opened my students' eyes to digital literacy!  They love the Capstone Library, Cantata Learning books, and Pebble Go!  It doesn't matter what we are learning about in class, my students are able to find related materials on Capstone.
I teach fluency enrichment and have loved using Cantata books.    My students have been engaged in these books and their fluency scores have soared.
We have implemented several S.T.E.M. projects in our elementary.  I would appreciate books that could help me introduce some of these.
Thank you for all you do for my students!

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Customer service has always been key at Capstone. I love how willing everyone is to show kindness, interest, and build relationships. That kind of effort and connection pushes me over the top for my love and advocacy of what you do.

I also love PebbleGo and Next like no other. The more you expand those, the better we'll all be. Adding more video, improving what additional resources are available, etc. would be amazing.

To keep us moving word the future, please look for more ways to feature diverse characters and diverse experiences in the books you publish. Readers (and librarians) take notice and that's a really really great thing with which Capstone is associated. (I mean... who doesn't think Max Axiom is just the great?!)

Continued support on how your materials can be supported in the classroom through teacher guides, curriculum connections, and downloadable and songs (thank you, Cantata!) are also strong assets that I'd love to continue see supported.

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My Capstone reps are the best! They come talk to my students, bring great samples to share, and assist me when I need to adjust my lists per budget or needs of my collection! I love that they listen to what my vision is for my library and guide me to items that will fit within those goals. And they always let me know when an ebook grant is available! They help me stretch my budget dollars by using my Capstone Rewards to get us the books we need!

I love the Capstone Interactive ebooks for the quality of the audio and sound effects to truly engage our readers! This is a selling point for me when I speak to my ELL teachers and for those reluctant or struggling readers. However, I do wish some of the lengthier novels were available as ebooks as well, such as the Lois Lane book.

My elementary students loved the DC graphic novels and the YouChoose series! They would pass from student to student as soon as they were turned back in. They were rarely on the shelf for long! I can't wait to get these titles in my junior high library very soon!

I loved using PebbleGo with my elementary students and would love to see a similar database for middle school age students to engage and excite them about research and match the curriculum.  I would also love it if authors, editors, or other experts would be able to share more info about their books and area of expertise via webcasts that we could share with students.

I also love the support Capstone gives not only to the curriculum, but to the Maker Space movement and STEM topics. Many of the books that are in these series have enough illustrations and pictures to guide novice to expert students through various projects. I did, however, have a harder time finding maker books that I felt wouldn't be too simple for some of my middle school students, so growing in that direction and adding coding project books would be great!

I also love that Capstone introduced the Cantata music books to their catalog. Music is so fundamental to helping all students engage and learn. I have found it is especially great for ELL students, and my music teacher loved having ebooks to use that helped support not only her curriculum but the classroom teachers as well! I would love to see some rap or hip-hop type songs for some topics that would be useful in middle school. Those kids are always listening to music, and tapping into that to help them learn new concepts would be amazing!

Thanks for all that you do for teachers, librarians, and students! Thanks for listening to us all and working with us to continue to grow and learn together.

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My students love the DC graphic novels we get from Capstone. Everything Art Baltazar touches is guaranteed to be a circulation all star (we can't wait until Super Powers arrives in a capstone edition!)

I do wish your diverse chapter books fulfilled our #ownvoices priority. It's a great first step to see so many more titles with diverse charters and diverse charters on the covers, but they need to be written by diverse authors. I hope Capstone will focus on this in the future.

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I love Capstone Rewards, the customer service, and listening to kids.  My sales rep is always ready to come in and speak directly with students.  I also love that Capstone is willing to reach out to students via Skype or social media whether it be to answer a question or to offer support on a project.

I'm seeing so many of our standards move to how we apply content to real world problems or curiosities, so I would love to see a continued focus on offering resources that encourage students to take action or feature student voices taking action in their world.  We need to continue to have books connected with makerspace & STEAM.

As a librarian, I'm feeling really stretched, so any support offered in creating lists focused on a particular genre or topic is always helpful.

For younger readers, I've been having a hard time finding sports & scary picture books that are engaging but on a level that is obtainable for K-2 readers.

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WOW! What DOESN'T Capstone have for librarians, teachers & parents?! Would love to find more ways to connect authors & illustrators with students. Let's make this happen!