- Cottonwood Plains Elementary
- Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books
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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.
Books for 2017-2018
Books for 3rd 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 4th/5th 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