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Fantasy Battle of the Kids’ Books & The Guessing Game!
FANTASY BoB REPORT
Roxanne & Monica started hosting Fantasy BoB last year at our school, with members of the faculty book club. This year, 6-8 grade students are added to the mix. The student judges’ statements will be added to the comment area for each corresponding Match for Round 1 and Round 2.
The teachers met last Friday after a month of reading and mulling over two (or four) titles each. We had a lively meeting, with much agreement but also vehemently debated opinions.
Here’s the list of our “winners” for Round 1. In cases of multiple readers of the same pairing, the title receiving more votes are declared the winner:
Round 1, Match 1
Freedom Over Me
Round 1, Match 2
When Green Becomes Tomatoes
Round 1, Match 3
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (unanimous)
Round 1, Match 4
March, Book III (unanimous)
Round 1, Match 5
Some Writer (unanimous)
Round 1, Match 6
When The Sea Turned to Silver (unanimous)
Round 1, Match 7
The Lie Tree
Round 1, Match 8
The Sun Is Also A Star (unanimous)
If you are running a Fantasy BoB in your community, please comment below and let us know what are some top choices by your students or library patrons.
The First Round Guessing Game Continues
On March 1st, we posted the Judge Pairings so it might be easier for BoB enthusiasts to guess which eight titles will advance to Round 2.
Some of you already put in your guesses. If you have yet to participate, it’s not too late. Just comment here and have a chance to win prizes!
Filed under: 2017, Fantasy BoB, Sideline Activities
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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