BATTLE OF THE BOOKS LIST 1999-2000

Battle of the Book is a state-wide reading program in which starting at the 3/4 grade level students read a list of fifteen books and compete with students at their grade level with other schools in Anchorage and throughout the state. The Kindergarten through Second grades are encouraged to read the books at their levels and to compete within their schools.

The following is a list of the books for the Battle of the Books for the coming school year:

Kindergarten:

Amber on the Mountain - Johnson, Tony

I Know an Old Lady Who Swalled a Fly - Westcott, Nadine

King Island Christmas - Rogers, Jean

Madeline - Bemelmens, Ludwig

Officer Buckle and Gloria - Rathman, Peggy

First Grade:

Annie and the Wild Animals - Brett, Jan

Arthur Meets the President - Brown, Marc

Honey Paw and Lightfoot - London, Jonathan

Mrs. Brice's Mice - Hoff, Syd

Three Cheers for Tacky - Lester, Helen

Second Grade (plus Kindergarten and First Grade):

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke - Edwards, Pamela D.

George and Martha Rise and Shine - Marshall, James

Magic School Bus in the Arctic - Schreiber, Anne

Nessa's Fish - Luenn, Nancy

Poppleton - Rylant, Cynthia

3/4 Grade:

Amber Cat - McKay, Hilary

Bravest Dog Ever: Balto - Standiford, Natalie

Butterfly Lion - Morpurgo, Michael

Cabin Faced West - Fritz, Jean

Cricket in Times Square - Selden, George

Escape From Slavery - Douglass, Frederick

Fantastic Mr. Fox - Dahl, Roald

Herbie Jones - Kline, Suzy

Max and Me and the Time Machine - Greer, Gary

Mr. Popper's Penguines - Atwater, Richard

Muggie Maggie - Cleary, Beverly

Night of the Full Moon - Whelan, Gloria

Reluctant Dragon - Grahame, Kenneth

Valentine Star - Giff, Patricia

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear - Namioka, Lensey

5/6 Grade:

Cay - Taylor, Theodore

Child of the Wolves - Hall, Elizabeth

Earthquake Terror - Kehret, Peg

Ella Enchanted - Levine, Gail

George Washington's Socks - Woodruff, Elvira

Grizzly Attack - Strasser, Todd

Matilda - Dahl, Roald

Sounder - Armstrong, William

Step By Wicked Step - Fine, Anne

Traitor - The Case of Benedic Arnold - Fritz, Jean

View From Saturday - Konigsburg, E. L.

View From the Cherry Tree - Roberts, Willo Davis

Whipping Boy - Fleischman, Sid

White Mountains - Christopher, John

Words of Stone - Henkes, Kevin

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