Reading Olympics List
2012-2013
TITLE | AUTHOR |
Arthur for the Very First Time | MacLachlan, Patricia |
Babysitting is a Dangerous Job | Roberts, Willo Davis |
Battle for the Castle | Winthrop, Elizabeth |
Benjamin Franklinstein Lives | McElligott, Matthew |
Blackwater | Bunting, Eve |
Book of Three | Alexander, Lloyd |
Bud, Not Buddy | Curtis, Christopher Paul |
Chameleon Wore Chartreuse | Hale, Bruce |
Day it Rained Forever, The | Gross, Virginia |
Fight for Life (Wild at Heart #1) | Anderson, Laurie Halse |
Flip-Flop Girl | Paterson, Katherine |
Friendship for Today, A | McKissack, Patricia |
Gold Cadillac | Taylor, Mildred |
Half Magic | Eager, Edward |
Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure | Gutman, Dan |
Incident at Hawk’s Hill | Eckert, Allan |
Into the Wild (Warriors #1) | Hunter, Erin |
Invention of Hugo Cabret | Selznick, Brian |
Jack Plank Tells Tales | Babbitt, Natalie |
Landry News, The | Clements, Andrew |
Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, The | Edwards, Julie Andrews |
Lemonade War, The | Davies, Jacqueline |
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale | Myers, Laurie |
Magician’s Elephant | DiCamillo, Kate |
My Life As a Book | Tashjian, Janet |
Pictures of Hollis Woods | Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Poppy and Rye | Avi |
Ramona’s World | Cleary, Beverly |
Richard Wright and the Library Card | Miller, William |
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief | Van Draanen, Wendelin |
Scumble | Law, Ingrid |
Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H.L. Hunley | Walker, Sally |
Sign of the Beaver | Speare, Elizabeth George |
Stone Fox | Gardiner, John Reynolds |
Storm in the Barn, The | Phelan, Matt |
Story of the Statue of Liberty, The | Maestro, Betsy |
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Blume, Judy |
Through My Eyes | Bridges, Ruby |
Touch Blue | Lord, Cynthia |
Trouble with Tuck | Taylor, Theodore |
Two Minute Drill (Comeback Kid Series) | Lupica, Mike |
Viking It and Liking It | Scieszka, Jon |
Walk Two Moons | Creech, Sharon |
Yang and the Youngest and His Terrible Ear | Namioka, Lensey |
Zero to Hero (Ghost Buddy #1) | Winkler, Henry |
INFORMATION
The Bucks County Reading Olympics inspires kids to become lifelong readers. Since 1993, the Reading Olympics has been motivating students in Bucks County to read and discuss books. The purpose of this event is to encourage children to read more than they currently do, to read a greater variety of books, and to enjoy the excitement of reading and talking about books. The team format encourages students to share the challenge of reading the selection of books with their friends.
The Reading Olympics competition is the culmination of the program that has teams of students reading books from a prepared list for many months prior to the final event . Each team consists of between 8 to 12 students who agree to read from a list of 45 books. The book list is prepared the previous year by interested teachers and librarians.
During the competition evening, all teams participate in three rounds of questioning. Teams are never eliminated. At the culmination of the event, all students receive a ribbon, determined by the number of points their team earned during the evening. More than 700 volunteers work as moderators, scorekeepers and team leaders during the competition. This collaboration and cooperation among so many individuals is amazing. Librarians, teachers, parents, students, district staff even spouses all contribute to making this event a total success. The founding team of organizations--the Bucks County Free Library, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, and the Central Bucks School District--is very proud of the spirit of collaboration that this event has inspired.
During the first year of the competition in 1994 there were 64 teams. The number of teams has been increasing over the years. In 2011, there were 384 teams with approximately 4,600 students that read 55,000 books in anticipation of this exciting event.
Inquiries regarding Reading Olympics should be directed to Pamela Newman, Reading Plympics Coordinator, Bucks County Intermediate Unit #2, at 215-348-2940,x1607 or
pnewman@bucksiu.org
WONDERFUL NEWS FROM SPRING !!!!!!!
LAST NIGHT THE 20TH ANNUAL READING OLYMPICS WAS HOSTED AT COUNCIL ROCK HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH AND OUR TWO TEAMS ONE 6TH GRADE AND ONE 5TH BOTH CAME HOME WITH BLUE RIBBONS.
THIS HAS BEEN A WEEK LONG EVENT WITH 390 TEAMS AND OVER 5000 CHILDREN FROM BUCKS COUNTY COMPETING.
THESE 26 CHILDREN WORKED REALLY HARD ALL YEAR READING AND DISCUSSING ALL 45 BOOKS DURING THEIR LUNCH/RECESS TIME.
WONDERFUL JOB TO ALL THREE TEAMS AND TO ALL THE SUPPORTIVE PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MRS. FOLEY, MRS. BLACK, MR. DIGLIA, AND MR. MERRILL FOR THEIR TIME, EFFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE COMPETITION.
GREAT EXPERIENCE, GREAT TEAMWORK, GREAT SPIRIT AND ALL FOR THE LOVE OF READING BOOKS.
NEWS FOR 2012-2013
PERMISSION SLIPS DUE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5TH DUE TO THE HURRICANE!!!
READING OLYMPICS FIRST MEETING WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE OCTOBER
TWO TEAMS: NEWTOWN KNIGHTS (GRADE 6)
NEWTOWN READERS (GRADE 5)
COMPETION NIGHT
THURSDAY
MARCH 21TH CRHS SOUTH
STAY TUNED AND READ
