March Madness Book Edition
What is March madness book edition?
PTO is gearing up for a March Madness-style book competition! Picture this: books duking it out each week to claim the title of our school's favorite. Here's the scoop:
This entire activity will take place during library time with Ms. Rowan. She will read these books aloud to all students, and then they can cast their votes to crown that bracket's champion.
How does it all work?
In the Sweet 16 round, three classes will dive into the same two books for all 16 matchups. As the competition heats up into the Elite 8, six classes will be delving into the same two stories.
By Week 3, it's the Final 4, with half the school engrossed in the same tales. And come the final week of March, the whole school will hearing the same two books to determine our ultimate favorite picture book!
All 16 contenders are newly published within the last two years, and they're all about resilience, kindness, and diversity.
PTO will purchase the winning book for every classroom
Books will be taken to the lounge for teachers to borrow as they fall out of the tournament. At the end of the month, all books will be available to checkout from the library. Check out the full list below!
Breaking Through the Clouds by Sandra Nickel
Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty
Piglet Comes Home: How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family by Melissa Shapiro
My Pet Feet by Josh Funk
Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme by Avery Monsen
How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab
The Eyebrows of Doom by Steve Smallman
Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chávez Taught Children To Make Music From Trash by Carmen Oliver
Nerdycorn by Andrew Root
Interrupting Chicken Cookies for Breakfast by David Ezra Stein
The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe by Stephanie Simpson McLellan
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn by Shannon Hale
What Happened to You? by James Catchpole
Something’s Wrong: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John
Invasion of the Unicorns by David Biedrzycki, 2021
Out of a Jar by Deborah Marcero
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
The Fantastic Bureau of Imagination by Brad Montague