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America's Battle of the Books
America's Battle of the Books is Coming to Grand View in 2018-19
America's Battle of the Books is a national reading incentive program. Students read books from grade-level lists and come together to demonstrate their knowledge of the books they have read. Participation is voluntary and is open to students in 2nd-5th grade, each student responsible for reading two or three books, four or five students per team. There will be an in-school competition in December 2018. The winners of will compete in January 2019 against the other MBUSD elementary schools. Click here to sign up your child as a reader.
Want to Help?
We need one parent volunteer per team, and three volunteers for the day of the competition to help with questions and to judge. Click here to volunteer. Questions? Email Jen Cram at jenscram29@gmail.com.
America's Battle of the Books is a national reading incentive program. Students read books from grade-level lists and come together to demonstrate their knowledge of the books they have read. Participation is voluntary and is open to students in 2nd-5th grade, each student responsible for reading two or three books, four or five students per team. There will be an in-school competition in December 2018. The winners of will compete in January 2019 against the other MBUSD elementary schools. Click here to sign up your child as a reader.
Want to Help?
We need one parent volunteer per team, and three volunteers for the day of the competition to help with questions and to judge. Click here to volunteer. Questions? Email Jen Cram at jenscram29@gmail.com.
The book lists (printable) Grand View will use from the America's Battle of the Books website:
Note: there is some overlapping of titles between the lists.
SECOND AND THIRD GRADE LIST
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 2nd/3rd for details and availability
Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume
Bobbie the Wonder Dog, by Tricia Brown
The Sword in the Tree, by Clyde Robert Bulla
Molly's Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy
Invisible Inkling, by Emily Jenkins
Dinosaurs Before Dark, by Mary Pope Osborne
Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker
Blind Tom, the Horse Who Helped Build the Great Railroad, by Shirley-Raye Redmond
Knights of the Kitchen Table, by Jon Scieszka
Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 2nd/3rd for details and availability
Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume
Bobbie the Wonder Dog, by Tricia Brown
The Sword in the Tree, by Clyde Robert Bulla
Molly's Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy
Invisible Inkling, by Emily Jenkins
Dinosaurs Before Dark, by Mary Pope Osborne
Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker
Blind Tom, the Horse Who Helped Build the Great Railroad, by Shirley-Raye Redmond
Knights of the Kitchen Table, by Jon Scieszka
Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick
THIRD GRADE CHALLENGE LIST
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 3rd Challenge for details and availability
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
No Talking, by Andrew Clements
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula a Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah and James Howe
Orphan Train Girl: the Young Readers' Edition of Orphan Train, by Christine Baker Kline
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
Christopher Mouse the Tale of a Small Traveler, by William Wise
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 3rd Challenge for details and availability
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
No Talking, by Andrew Clements
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula a Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah and James Howe
Orphan Train Girl: the Young Readers' Edition of Orphan Train, by Christine Baker Kline
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
Christopher Mouse the Tale of a Small Traveler, by William Wise
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE LIST
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 4th/5th for details and availability
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
No Talking, by Andrew Clements
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula a Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah and James Howe
Orphan Train Girl: the Young Readers' Edition of Orphan Train, by Christine Baker Kline
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
Christopher Mouse the Tale of a Small Traveler, by William Wise
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 4th/5th for details and availability
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary
No Talking, by Andrew Clements
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Bunnicula a Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah and James Howe
Orphan Train Girl: the Young Readers' Edition of Orphan Train, by Christine Baker Kline
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
Christopher Mouse the Tale of a Small Traveler, by William Wise
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CHALLENGE LIST
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 4th/5th Challenge for details and availability
Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate
The Secret School, by Avi
The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DeCamillo
Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George
Running Out of Time, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Midnight Rider, by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
Wild Wings, by Gill Lewis
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Kite Fighters, by Linda Sue Park
Secrets at Sea, by Richard Peck
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
Frozen Stiff, by Sherry Shahan
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Trouble with Tuck, by Theodore Taylor
A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban
See Catalog Resource List Battle/Books 4th/5th Challenge for details and availability
Crenshaw, by Katherine Applegate
The Secret School, by Avi
The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DeCamillo
Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George
Running Out of Time, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Midnight Rider, by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Slacker, by Gordon Korman
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
Wild Wings, by Gill Lewis
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Kite Fighters, by Linda Sue Park
Secrets at Sea, by Richard Peck
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
Frozen Stiff, by Sherry Shahan
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Trouble with Tuck, by Theodore Taylor
A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban