BEST BOOK FAQs
What is Best
Books?
Best Books is program developed each year by Librarians throughout the Edmonds School District. The list of books is a combination of the WLA-School Library Division "Sasquatch Award" nominee list and the Edmonds SD "Windows & Mirrors Award" nominee list. It contains 20 books, of varied genre, for students in grades 4-6. The district librarians develop activities, and produce a district-wide "Battle of the Best Books" competition. Students are challenged to read as many of the best books as possible during the year. The program ends in early June. A list of the current best books is listed below.
What happens
when a student completes a book?
Students take a short online quiz to show that they have read/listened to the book. If a book is read aloud in class by the teacher, the teacher may give their class a quiz on the book. Students who read 15 or more books are invited to a celebration held in the
library in June.
Is there a
class competition?
Yes, all the
books read by a class are added together. Standings are posted in the Library and
below on this page. The class with the most books read gets an extra recess.
What is the
Battle of the Best Books?
The battle is
a yearly district-wide competition. Each participating school sends two – 4
member teams to compete. Teams are given several rounds of questions about the
Best Books. The team with the most points at the end of the competition wins.
District Battle date/time/location: 2021 is To Be Determined
How are teams
formed?
Teams consist
of up to 4 students. They can be in grades 4-6 and in any classroom. Students
have learned that the better teams include a diversity of members. All of the
past Sherwood teams have included boys and girls. Students develop teams on
their own. They are also responsible for organizing their team and preparing for the battle.
How are the
Sherwood team’s selected to compete at the District level?
There is a
school competition held a few weeks prior to the district event during the
lunch hour in the library. The top 2 teams advance to the district competition.
Sherwood Competition date/time: 2021 is To Be Determined
2021 Best Book Challenge Standings
updated: <insert date>
Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ### Teacher ###
2021:
2020: Wildenhaus (223 books) / School
Total: 756 books
2019: Alderson (175 books) / School
Total: 980 books
2018: Mindt (85 books) / School Total:
363 books
2017: Gibson (137 books) / School
Total: 509 books
2016: Mindt (153 books) / School
Total: 448 books
2015: Alderson (132 books) / School
Total: 533 books
2014: Morgan (257 books) / School
Total: 1079 books
2013: Mindt (256 books) / School
Total: 910 books
2012: Bogert (92 books) / School
Total: 299 books
2011: Alderson (257 books) / School
Total: 880 books
Best Book Lists
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2021
Best Books |
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Quiz |
Title |
Author |
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Quiz |
Aru Shah and the End
of Time |
Roshani Chokshi |
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Quiz |
Ban This Book |
Alan Gratz |
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Quiz |
Bob |
Wendy Maas & Rebecca Stead |
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Quiz |
Chester and Gus |
Cammie McGovern |
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Quiz |
Explorer Academy: The
Nebula Secret |
Trudi Trueit |
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Quiz |
Finding Langston |
Lesa Cline-Ransome |
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Quiz |
Front Desk |
Kelly Yang |
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Quiz |
Ghost Boys |
Jewell Parker Phodes |
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Quiz |
House That Lou Built,
The |
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Quiz |
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter
to the World |
Ashley Herring Blake |
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Quiz |
Junior Ninja Champion:
The Competition Begins |
Catherine Hapka |
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Quiz |
Merci Suarez Changes
Gears |
Meg Medina |
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Quiz |
Night Diary, The |
Veera Hiranandani |
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Quiz |
Nowhere Boy |
Katherine Marsh |
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Quiz |
Saving Winslow |
Sharon Creech |
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Quiz |
Season of Styx Malone,
The |
Kekla Magoon |
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Quiz |
Small Spaces |
Katherine Arden |
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Quiz |
They Call Me Guero |
David Bowles |
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Quiz |
Thisby Thewstoop &
the Black Mountain |
Zac Gorman |
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Quiz |
Truth as Told By Mason
Buttle, The |
Leslie Connor |
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