“Name That Book” is a contest coordinated by the AISD Library Services Department

Objective is to introduce children to contemporary award winning books, as well as classic literature, that represent a variety of genres

School-wide competition held in the Spring (May 2010)

For the 2009 -2010 school year Any AISD elementary school Registration due January 22, 2010 to

Committee Chairperson Any student in Kindergarten through 2nd

grade

Grade level specific teams of 3 – 5 members (with 1 official alternate) will compete to determine a grade level winner

Grade level winners will advance to the school-wide contest

Each team must have a sponsor (faculty member or volunteer from the community)

Each participant will be awarded a certificate – file available on Librarian wiki

Suggested that each participant on the winning team will be awarded a medal

Suggested that each school invest in a multi-year trophy or plaque on display in office or other display area that allows for engraving winners names

Selection of books includes majority of the 2009 – 2010 Texas 2X2 books and additional books from Top 100 Children’s Books list

List will be available on Librarian Wiki on ePortal

1. A Visitor for Bear 2. Amazing Grace3. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 4. Bark, George5. Caps for Sale 6. Chicken Said, "Cluck!" 7. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 8. Horton Hatches the Egg 9. How To Heal A Broken Wing 10.Let's Eat! 11.Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 12.No Babysitters Allowed 13.On the Farm 14.Possum Magic 15.Quinito, Day and Night 16.Road Work 17.Skippyjon Jones 18.Sort it Out!

19.Splat the Cat 20.Swimmy 21.Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes 22.The Doghouse 23.The Littlest Llama 24.The Napping House 25.The Relatives Came 26.The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 27.The Very Hungry Cater p illar 28.Tikki Tikki Tembo 29.What can you do with a Rebozo? 30.Where the Wild Things Are

Titles For 2009 -2010 Titles For 2009 -2010 ContestContest

Expand “Name That Book” contest to include additional grade levels* 3rd – 4th grade* Middle School* Intermediate School* High School

Expand program to include District-wide competition

Cover images from "Mackin BookTalk". Mackin Library Media. 9/26/2009 <http://www.mackinbooktalk.com/chooseBook.aspx?pubId=29>.

Rules revised from Houston ISDs Name That Book K-2 Competition Rules and Regulations 2009 – 2010.

DISCLAIMERNOTICE: Some material in this presentation is used under the

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prohibited.