Tournament of books

Create your own book tournament bracket, a perfect passive program for any age pitting book against book in the ultimate showdown.

To get in on the March Madness fun, be sure to check out Tournament of Books! Your students will love it, and so will you!

I was in the Battle of the Books club for all three years of middle school. In this club we would read a certain number of books during the school year and attend a trivia competition for all of the books at the end of the year. This encouraged me to read as many books as possible.

Book Madness: Details for Setup and Implementation - Book tournament to coincide with the March college basketball tournament

The past few years I have done a Tournament of Books designed around March Madness. The Brown Bag Teacher has a free display printable. This year I decided very last minute that I wanted to do a tournament with my students.. It took me about 2 hours to select the books and prepare a digital bracket for my students to view on our smart board. If you have been following me you know that I am passionate about being representative to cultures and abilities in my classroom. With that in mind, I…

Learn how one library excites kids about books and reading each year during March by using a sports-themed "Tournament of Books."

March is known as the month of brackets. In recent years, tournament style book battles have been adopted by libraries and cl...

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Randi Sonenshine, children’s book author of The Nest That Wren Built and middle school literacy specialist, shares ways to keep communication going in book clubs using fun games. Read on for some easy ideas that can help switch up the normal routine and get students engaged in conversations...

Well friends, I have never been so excited for a sporting event. In fact, this past weekend, I had to employ every bit of knowledge I have about the NCAA tournament (i.e. please read that as very little knowledge). 😉 Our newest book display is up and I’m SO excited to share it with you. Even...