PTA | Battle of the Books
BATTLE DATES:
- Friday, Nov. 14th
- Friday, Dec. 5th
- Friday, Jan. 23rd
- Friday, Feb. 20th
- March 3rd & March 4th Classroom Battles
- Thursday, March 5th Final Battle in the Science Lab
GRADES 1-5 INFORMATION:
We are excited to continue our reading program for this school year. Just a reminder, it is called America’s Battle of the Books. This is a national program and has been around for several years. This program is NOT in the normal school curriculum but is just a fun addition as a PTA sponsored school program.
What is it:
Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program to encourage kids to read a high quality and a high quantity of books. They are grade appropriate with easy and more difficult books within each grade level lists. Students will read about 6-7 (or all if they want) out of the 12 books on a provided list. Reading can begin in the summer and needs to be finished by April. The battle will take place the first week of March. Teams will be made up of 3-4 students per team. Teachers may require participation or make it optional. We will also have an adapted battle for the younger grades.
What kids need to do:
Get one of the books on the provided list from the school library and read! They are familiar titles and you may own them already or you can check them out from the public library. Encourage your student to read for understanding so they don’t rush through too quickly.
What is the Battle:
It is basically a game show type question battle. Teams will be asked a question regarding a book and they must say the title of the book and the author to get the points. We will most likely do a classroom round and grade level round. It is a lot of fun!
Prizes and Incentives will be awarded throughout the year and the day of the Battle.
If you have any questions, please email Kellie Esplin at: moc.liamg@nilpseeillek
Get started on these books!
Crimson View PTA
Grade Level Book Lists
(The first grade list will stay the same each year)
Picture Books:
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
- Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
- The Princess Knight by Corelia Funk
- The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang
- Brothers at Bat by Audrey Vernick
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and David Catrow
- Truman by Jean Reidy
- Alan’s Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis
- Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark by Jerry Pallotta
- After the Fall by Dan Santat
Chapter Books:
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
- Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
- Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Lane Smith
- My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
- Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
(This list will stay the same each year)
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Bobbie the Wonder Dog – a true story by Tricia Brown
Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo
Invisible Inkling by Emily Jenkins & Harry Bliss
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House Series #1) by Mary Pope Osborne
Clementine (Series #1) by Sara Pennypacker
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
Knights of the Kitchen Table (The Time Warp Trio Series #1) by Jon Scieszka
Brother’s at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick
2025-2026
- A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde R. Bulla
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
- Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
- Moo by Sharon Creech
- Wolfie & Fly by Cary Fagan
- Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other…by Lenore Look
- All About Sam by Lois Lowry
- The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
- I Survived: the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens 1980 by Lauren Tarshis
- **Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (optional)
2025-2026
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
- City of Ember: the First Book of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
- The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
- Found by Margaret P. Haddix
- Worth by A. LaFaye
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Becoming Muhammad Ali by J. Patterson & K. Alexander
- The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling