Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program designed to encourage students to read quality literature.  Volunteers lead and quiz teams of five students through a given set of books.  This program runs from November to March for 3rd - 5th graders.  Wendy Stewart is the Battle of the Books coach. Please contact Sra. Angulo, the Battle of the Books sponsor, with any questions.

 

 

                                               

Books for 2017-2018

 Books for 3^rd grade

 The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Tornado by Betsy Byars

The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

 

 

Books for 4^th/5^th grade

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts! The First Experiment by Frances Dowell

The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar 

Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles

The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

Clementine by Pennypacker

Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise