Battle of the Books and More: Reading Activities for Middle School Students

Motivate children to read a variety of books using this complete guide to planning and implementing fun, successful reading competitions. Provides forms and promotional materials and a complete set of questions/answers related to both current popular titles and classics. Useful websites offer supplementary information about the books and authors, techniques for increasing participation and suggestions on how to correlate the contests with music and art. Offers advice on recognition, cooperative programming between school and public libraries, publicizing the contests, effective use of volunteers and parents, and more. For use with grades 5-8.

Sybilla Cook has over 30 years of experience as a school library media specialist and consultant in Illinois and Oregon school districts, and she also taught library science and computer science at the college level.

Frances Corcoran has 38 years experience as a school library media coordinator and public library youth services librarian in Illinois and Hawaii. She was also a college instructor in library science and children's literature and programming.

Beverley Fonnesbeck has 42 years of experience as a school library media specialist in Alaska, and is the author of numerous study books and intructional aids.