Battle of the Books 2025 – 2026
Blue stars. Mission 1, The vice principal problem
Magoon, Kekla, author.
Bud, not Buddy
Curtis, Christopher Paul, ...
The city of Ember
DuPrau, Jeanne, author.
The curious vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby
Schmidt, G. Z. (Gail Zhuan...
A dash of trouble
Meriano, Anna, author.
Dogtown
Applegate, Katherine, auth...
Escape at 10,000 feet : D.B. Cooper and the mis...
Sullivan, Tom (Writer of c...
The eyes & the impossible
Eggers, Dave, author.
Eyes on the ice
Rosner, Anna, 1972- author...
The first cat in space ate pizza
Barnett, Mac, author.
Front desk
Yang, Kelly, author.
Heroes
Gratz, Alan, 1972- author.
The labors of Hercules Beal
Schmidt, Gary D., author.
The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max, author.
The legendary Mo Seto
Chan, A. Y., author.
Like a charm
McNicoll, Elle, author.
The lost library
Stead, Rebecca, author.
The magical imperfect
Baron, Chris (Christopher ...
Magnolia Wu unfolds it all
Miller, Chanel, author, il...
The Manifestor prophecy
Thomas, Angie, author.
Max in the house of spies
Gidwitz, Adam, author.
Medusa
Marsh, Katherine, author.
Mihi ever after
Keller, Tae, author.
On a wing and a tear
Smith, Cynthia Leitich, au...
The Parker inheritance
Johnson, Varian, author.
Ratty
Selfors, Suzanne, author.
Rumaysa : a fairytale
Hafiza, Radiya, author.
Sideways stories from Wayside School
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
Small spaces
Arden, Katherine, author.
Small steps : the year I got polio
Kehret, Peg.
Squished
Lloyd, Megan Wagner, autho...
The superteacher project
Korman, Gordon, author.
Ugly
Hoge, Robert, 1972- author...
The wandering hour
Clark, Zack Loran, author.
We are big time
Khan, Hena, author.
Where the red fern grows
Rawls, Wilson, author.
Wink : a novel
Harrell, Rob, author, illu...
Wishtree
Applegate, Katherine, auth...
Wretched waterpark
White, Kiersten, author.
Your pets' secret lives : the truth behind your...
Spicer Rice, Eleanor, auth...
For more than 40 years, the Park Ridge Public Library has partnered with Park Ridge schools to offer fourth and fifth grade students a chance to test their knowledge of books.
Each school forms its own team under the guidance of a coach (a school librarian, teacher or parent) who decides the make-up of the team, schedules practice time, and sets the requirements for being part of that school’s team.
The Library schedules and hosts the meets, which are held on Mondays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m., beginning the Monday after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
If you have any questions, please contact your school librarian or call the Children’s Department at 847-720-3250.
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