Battle of the Books - PowerPoint

							Battle of the Books
   Also known as…B.O.B!
           What is B.O.B?
 Battle of the Books is a group of students
  who like to read and want to compete in a
  competition against other students
  answering trivia questions over books.
 There are 10 books on the B.O.B list.
 You do not have to read all 10…but you
  must read at least 3.
       How does B.O.B work?

 Check  out the books from the library
 Read them
 Take the AR tests
 (Yes, all 10 books are on the AR list!)
 Read at least 3 books before February 1.
             A Dog Called Kitty
              by Bill Wallace
   Afraid of dogs since
    he was attacked by a
    mad one, Ricky
    resists taking in a
    homeless pup that
    shows up at the farm.
Becoming Naomi Leon
 by Pam Munoz Ryan
             When Naomi's absent
              mother resurfaces to
              claim her, Naomi runs
              away to Mexico with
              her great-
              grandmother and
              younger brother in
              search of her father.
    The Boy Who Saved Baseball
         by John H. Ritter
   The fate of a small
    California town rests
    on the outcome of
    one baseball game,
    and Tom Gallagher
    hopes to lead his
    team to victory with
    the secrets of the now
    disgraced player,
    Dante Del Gato.
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of
              a Stray
           Ann M. Martin
                   Squirrel, a stray
                   puppy, tells her life
                   story, from her
                   nurturing mother and
                   brother to making her
                   own way in the world,
                   facing busy highways,
                   changing seasons,
                   and humans both
                   gentle and brutal.
          Gifts From the Sea
      by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
   Quila and her father,
    living alone in a
    remote Maine
    lighthouse in the
    1850s, find their lives
    changed when a baby
    washes ashore and
    they decide to keep
    her.
The House of Dies Drear
  by Virginia Hamilton
               Thomas investigates
                the secrets locked in
                an old house said by
                a century-old legend
                to have housed two
                fugitive slaves.
     Loser
by Jerry Spinelli
            Even though his
             classmates from first
             grade on have
             considered him strange
             and a loser, Donald
             Zinkoff's optimism and
             exuberance and the
             support of his loving
             family do not allow him to
             feel that way about
             himself.
               Macaroni Boy
             by Katherine Ayres
   In Pittsburgh in 1933,
    sixth-grader Mike
    Costa notices a
    connection between
    several strange
    occurrences, but the
    only way he can find
    out the truth is to be
    nice to the class bully.
The Princess Academy
  by Shannon Hale
             While attending a
              strict academy for
              potential princesses
              with the other girls
              from her mountain
              village, fourteen-year-
              old Miri discovers
              unexpected talents
              and connections to
              her homeland.
               Whittington
          by Alan W. Armstrong
   A feline descendant
    of Dick Whittington's
    famous cat of English
    folklore appears at a
    barnyard plagued by
    rats.
      What happens next?
 B.O.B. Meetings during Advisory
 Teams will be formed in February
 Teams will be 5 to 6 students
 To be placed on a team, you must read 3
  or more books AND take the AR tests by
  the February 1 deadline
 Then we start to practice, practice,
  practice, practice!!!
    When we will BATTLE?
 Sometimein March…the date will be
 announced later.

 The team that wins the BATTLE will
 compete against the other Mansfield
 Intermediate Schools in May!
SO….LET’S GET
  READING!!!