In our library this year we are doing an all school March Book Madness! March Book Madness follows a bracket (similar to the NCAA March Madness for college basketball) of 16 picture books and 16 middle grade books. The theme of this year’s March Book Madness is ‘Compelling Characters’ and if you would like to follow the online competition you can check it out at http://marchbookmadness.weebly.com/picture-book-bracket.html and http://marchbookmadness.weebly.com/mg-novel-bracket.html
Books will be promoted in the library as well as in the classroom, with voting starting at the beginning of March for the Picture Book Bracket and mid-March for the Middle Grade Bracket.
This is a great opportunity to have some engaging conversations at home around books! If you would like to check out the books from your local library, reread those you have at home, or purchase some of these amazing books for your home library and enjoy them with your students, here is a complete list of the books we will be voting on in K-2 and 3-5:
K-2 Picture Book Bracket
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beatty and David Roberts
Dave The Potter by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
Each Kindness By Jacqueline Woodson and E. B. Lewis
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddely
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
Mother Bruce by Ryan T, Higgins
Most Magnificent Thing by Ahley Spires
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk by Josh Funk and Edwardian Taylor
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Feared Scientist by Jess Keating and Marta Alvarez Miguens
Thunder Boy, Jr by Sherman Alexi and Yuri Morales
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
The Water Princess by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds
3-5 Middle Grade Bracket
Clayton Bird Goes Underground by Rita Garcia-Williams
The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
Finding Mighty by Sheela Charli
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
How to Steal A Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke
Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks and Jordan Bellaire
Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Restart by Gordon Korman
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
This activity is hosted by Mead Library. If you have any questions please contact Sarah Jensen (Mead Librarian [email protected]) or Megan Andrews (second grade [email protected])
