BISD 2016 Name That Book Challenge
Check out the new lists for the 2016 competition.
What is the Name That Book Challenge?
Students are encouraged to read as many of the books from their grade level list as possible.
Preliminary competitions to determine the team members will be held at each school. During the competitions, students will answer questions about the books they have read. The students who win their school competition for each grade will form their campus Name That Book Team. Their campus Name That Book Team will compete in the BISD Name That Book Finals against other area schools.
The BISD Name That Book Finals will be held during the spring semester of 2016.
2015 - 2016 Kindergarten - Second Grade Book List
Dog vs. Cat by Chris Gall
Eieio: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm Back by Judy Sierra
Elephant & Piggie: Waiting Is Not Easy! by Mo Wilems
Galaxy Zack - Hello Nebulon! by Ray O'Ryan
How to Read a Story by Kate Messner
I am Cow, Hear Me Moo! by Jill Esbaum
I Dare You Not to Yawn by Helen Boudreau
I will never get a star on Mrs. Benson's Blackboard by Jennifer K. Mann
Maple by Lori Nichols
Memoirs of a Hamster by Devlin Scillian
My Grandfather's Coat by Jim Alyworth
My Teacher is a Monster by Peter Brown
Nugget & Fang: Friends Forever or Snack Time by Tammi Souer
Senorita Gordita by Hellen Kettman
Stick & Stone by Beth Ferry
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach
The Scraps Book: Notes from a colorful life by Lois Ehlert
Two by Kathryn Otoshi
Walk on the Wild Side by Nicholas Oldland
What Do You Do With an Idea by Kobi Yamada
2015-2016 Third - Fourth Grade Book List
Albie’s First Word: A tale inspired by Albert Einstein's Childhood by Jacquline Tourville
Almost Super by Marion Jenson
Case of the Time Capsule Bandit by Octavia Spencer
Desmond and the very mean word by Desmond Tutu
Einstein The Class Hamster by Janet Tashjian
El Deafo by Cece Gell
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstsin
Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi
Mr. Ferris and his Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lou by Rhonda Gowler Greene
The Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
Quinny and Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen
Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle by Jude Isabella
Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight by Wendy Mass
The Beatles were Fab and Funny by Katherine Krull
Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan
The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry
2015 - 2016 Fifth - Sixth Grade Book List
Adventures of Nanny Piggins by R. A. Spratt
Always, Abigail by Nancy J. Cavanaugh
Battling Boy by Paul Pope
Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Shelia Turnage
Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy
Masterminds by Gordon Kormon
Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle
Night Gardner by Jonathan Auxier
Odd, Weird & Little by Patrick Jennings
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa De Los Santos
Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman
Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
The Lost Planet by Rachel Searless
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant
When the Beat Was Born -DJ Kool &the creation of hip hop by Laban Carrick Hll
Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick
2015 - 2016 Seventh - Eighth Grade Book List
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
In The After by Demitria Lunetta
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
No Summit Out of Sight by Jordan Romero
Proxy by Alex London
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Anderson Halse
The Living by Matt De la Pena
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Silver Six by Al Lieberman
There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart
Unbreakable by Kami Garcia
2015 - 2016 Ninth - Twelfth Grade Book List
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaria
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen
The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
What If? Serious scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe