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2019 Battle of the Books
The Battle of the Books is a fun, literacy-based event for fourth graders that is co-sponsored by the South Kingstown Public Library and the School Library Media Specialists of the South Kingstown Public Elementary Schools.
Who may participate?
- Fourth grade students who attend any public or private school in South Kingstown, as well as any homeschool students living in South Kingstown.
- The Battle of the Books follows a quiz-show format in which SK fourth graders cooperate to test their memories of 24 children's books by answering specific questions posed by their librarians.
- Students will work together in mixed teams, each comprised of students from all participating schools. In this less competitive fashion, each school is well represented on the winning team.
The competition is comprised of several rounds in which a librarian asks a question to each team in turn. Team members confer with each other before answering.
Where and When is the event?
- The SK Battle of the Books will be held at the South Kingstown High School Auditorium on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The event is expected to last for 1½ hours.
How does a student qualify to participate in the 2018 SK Battle of the Books?
- A student must read at least 10 of the 24 books on the 2019 Battle of the Books List during her/his fourth grade year. The books may also be read together with family members or others, or listened to on audio recording.
- Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle by Deborah Lee Rose
- Bicycle Spy by Yona Zedis McDonough
- City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
- Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yehoah by Laurie Ann Thompson
- Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Her Right Foot by David Eggers
- I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
- The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
- The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
- Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja Spiegelman
- Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
- Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
- Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey
- Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
- Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski
- Who Was Sitting Bull? by Stephanie Spinner
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Wish by Barbara O'Connor
- Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
- The Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George