Battle of the Books
Fourth and Fifth Graders are invited to enter the Battle of the Books. For over 30 years, the Park Ridge Public Library has partnered with Park Ridge schools to offer students a chance to test their knowledge of books.
Each spring, a new list of 60 books is compiled by the Park Ridge Public Library children's librarians for the coming year. Most books stay on the list for two years. Titles cover a wide range of reading interests and abilities.
As soon as the list comes out, students can start reading. During the summer, we have a special program called "Battle Boot Camp" to discuss books on the list and let kids know how a Battle works. Parents are invited to attend "Battle Boot Camp" with their children.
In the fall, each school forms its team. Each has a "coach"--a school librarian, teacher or parent--who decides the make-up of the team while the Library schedules and hosts the meets. Meets are held on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. The schedule is posted at the Library and sent to each school.
At a meet, four teams choose from questions written by the librarians. Each team tries to answer 15 questions. The answers are always the title and author of the current Battle books. Points are given for correct answers. Up to eight members of a team can play during a meet.
When the season ends, the cumulative scores from all the meets are tallied and the three teams with the highest scores win. We have a party for all the participants where ribbons and certificates are awarded.
If you have any questions, please talk to your school librarian or call the Children's Department at 825-4527.
Battle of the Books 2011-2012
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Aiken
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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Anderson
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Fever, 1793
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Avi
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Secret School
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Barnett
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Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
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Baskin
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Anything But Typical
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Bosch
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Name of This Book is Secret
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Bowe
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My Last Best Friend
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Broach
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Masterpiece
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Bryant
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Kaleidoscope Eyes
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Buckley
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Fairy-Tale Detectives
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Clements
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No Talking
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Clements
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Extra Credit
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Cody
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Powerless
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Cowell
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How to Train Your Dragon
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Dahl
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BFG
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Eager
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Half Magic
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Feinstein
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Last Shot
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George
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Dragon Slippers
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Gifford
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Moxie Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
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Graff
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Thing About Georgie
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Gutman
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Honus & Me
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Haddix
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Running Out of Time
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Hahn
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Wait Till Helen Comes
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Hermes
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Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny
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Holm
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Our Only May Amelia
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Horowitz
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Stormbreaker
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Howe
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Bunnicula
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Ibbotson
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Dragonfly Pool
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Juster
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Phantom Tollbooth
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Kent
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Kimchi & Calamari
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Klise
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Dying to Meet You
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Korman
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Schooled
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Levine
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Ella Enchanted
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Lewis
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Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Look
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things
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Lord
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Rules
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Malone
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Sixty-Eight Rooms
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Martin
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Doll People
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Mass
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11 Birthdays
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Mills
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Being Teddy Roosevelt
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Newman
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Hachiko Waits
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Nixon
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Family Apart
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O’Connor
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How to Steal a Dog
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O’Connor
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Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
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O’Dell
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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Park
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Long Walk to Water
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Park
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When My Name was Keoko
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Paulsen
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Woods Runner
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Reisman
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Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper
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Rex
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True Meaning of Smekday
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Riordan
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Maze of Bones
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Ryan
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Riding Freedom
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Rylant
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Gooseberry Park
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Sachar
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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Scott
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Alchemyst
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Selznick
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Houdini Box
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Vande Velde
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Never Trust a Dead Man
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Weeks
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Oggie Cooder
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Wiles
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Aurora County All-Stars
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Wiles
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Each Little Bird That Sings
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