Battle of the books

Battle of the Books 2010

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2010 Battle of the Books Regional Final Results!

Congratulations to the following schools for their results:

Junior Division	Senior Division
William Dunbar PS - Pickering Jack Miner PS - Whitby St. James CS - Ajax Newcastle PS - Clarington Greenbank PS - North Durham St. Thomas Aquinas CS - Oshawa	Jack Miner PS - Whitby Dr. Roberta Bondar PS - Ajax Adelaide McLaughlin PS - Oshawa The Pines Senior PS - Clarington William Dunbar PS - Pickering St. Joseph's CS - North Durham

Suggest a book

Our Suggest a book feature is now active. Please submit your suggestions for the 2011 Battle Book Lists. Simply click on the link to the left to get started.

Q: In which book did a spider save a pig's life?

It's Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, of course, and that's just one example of a question that might appear in the junior level of Durham Region's Battle of the Books.

The Battle of the Books is a fabulous partnership between public libraries and schools in Durham Region!

If you want to motivate students who enjoy reading; get a team together and match wits with some of the best readers in town or even across the Durham Region!

Each year in April, the "Battle of the Books" teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners are awarded a trophy for their school and go on to compete in the Regional Championship.

The Battle of the Books is hosted at two levels: the junior division is for students in grades 4 - 6 and the senior division is for students in grades 7 and 8.

Contact the participating library in your community for more information: Clarington, Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax and a northern division including Scugog and Uxbridge.