Battling Over Books at HASD
Do you enjoy reading quality literature?
Do you enjoy being part of a team?
Do you enjoy participating in competitions?
If you answered, “Yes” to the questions above,
please continue reading.
We are in the process of forming teams that will participate in a reading program called, Battle of the Books. This incentive reading program has been used in schools for more than 60 years. Its goal is quite simple… to encourage children to read good books and have fun competing with their peers.
The Battle of the Books program is designed to promote a love of reading among our students. It encourages students to read a variety of books and remember information about the plots, characters, and settings of the books. Every question asked in a battle is answered by the title and author of the book and takes the form of: Name the book in which a horse and a boy are stranded on an island. It is a fun, academic-based competition that has been very successful in school districts throughout the state in encouraging students to read. Classroom, school-wide and then district-wide competitions will begin in mid-March and will take place during the school day. Winning teams will then move on to a final battle which will be held at Barnes and Noble in early April.
Book titles for 4th grade teams include:
- The Hard Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers (picture book)
- The Quilt Maker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau (picture book)
- The Rough Face Girl by Rafe Martin (picture book)
- All About Sam by Lois Lowry
- Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
- The Deadlies: Felix Takes the Stage by Kathryn Lasky
- Niagara Falls, Or Does It? by Henry Winkler
- The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
- The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow by Tim Kehoe
- Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
- The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell
- Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
- The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
- The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley
- Dolphin Song by Lauren St. John
- Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
- The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
- Once Upon a Marigold by Jean FerrisDragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Book titles for middle school teams will be finalized and posted soon.
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