Battle of the Books Coming to Murch this Spring—Reading Lists Available

Battle of the Books (BOB) is coming to Murch this spring and your 2^nd-5^th grader is invited to participate!

BOB is a trivia-style competition for 2^nd through 5^th graders and is designed to motivate students to read high-quality children’s literature.  Battles will begin in mid-March and the championship battles will take place at the end of May.

Each grade level (2^nd-5^th grade) has a book list of titles.  Students are encouraged to read as many of the titles on their lists as they can.

For the BOB booklist, click HERE.

There will be an assembly on Monday, December 19th to introduce Battle of the Books to students and to distribute book lists–just in time for winter break!

How Does the Battle of the Books Work?

• Each classroom is a battle team. Students are not required to participate, but they are considered part of the team.

• This year, the theme for BOB is Creatures of Myth and Legend. Each team will choose a creature to represent their team (as their team name and/or mascot).

• Each team will design a banner to represent them and to take with them as they march into “battle” against other teams.

• In the battles, students are asked questions about the characters, settings and events in their books.

• Points are awarded for correct answers.

• Each battle consists of 24 questions. (It is not designed as a “buzz-in” situation. Each team is asked 12 questions in turn.)

• Every battle question begins with “In which book..?” Each answer should be the title of the book and the author’s name.

• In a battle, a particular student may answer a maximum of 2 questions for their team (to allow everyone on the team to be able to contribute!)

• In a battle season, each team will have between 6 and 9 battles (depending on the grade level).

• The two teams from each grade level with the most points face off in an end-of-school-year BOB championship. (The top two teams from the combined 4th and 5th grades compete in their BOB championship.)

For specific questions about Battle of the Books, please contact Regina Bell or Holly Hope.

Happy reading!