Battle of the Books

As a 5th grader, Molly was able to participate in Battle of the Books. Her team, The Little Librarians, read 13 books over 5 months. During the “battle” teams were asked detailed questions about the books, including quotes, plot details, and illustrations.

The Little Librarians

Molly the Librarian

The competition was held at a county high school, where teams from lots of elementary schools answered incredibly detailed questions on the books they'd read. They began by parading into the gym.

Parading into the gym

Here are all the teams. They each had an adult coach, and each coach served as a monitor for a team (not their own team, in the interest of fairness).

All the students

Seated on the mat, ready to go!

Half-time. This competition was many hours long in a hot gym. Molly was exhausted.

Half-time smiles

Our principal was even a guest runner (carrying answers to the judges table).

Guest runner

Times up, hold up your answer sheet. Molly was the official scribe for the team.

Official scribe

Working together

Yes, correct answer!

Nice job to all the teams!

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