BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 2026-2027 Reading List
3rd & 4th Grade
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Lincoln & Kennedy: A Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Bobbie the Wonder Dog: A True Story by Tricia Brown
Tornado by Betsy Byars
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
InvestiGators by John Patrick Green
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood by Lauren Tarshis
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White.
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! By Jonah Winter
All questions will be formatted as follows:
"In which book..."
You will need to answer with the full title of the book. You can also get bonus points for knowing the author's name.
Use the questions and flashcards below to help your team practice. Or better yet, make your own!
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Click on the images to save or print the practice questions or you can create your own as you read!
FLASHCARDS
Click on the images to save or print your practice author/title flashcards. Or make your own!
Make sure to click/scroll through all the pages.
How do you say it?! 3-4th
DiCamillo
DEE-ka-mellow
Scieszka
CHEZ-ka
The rest should be pretty easy, but ask Mrs. Pruhs if you get stuck! ;)
READING FORM
Print this form (or you can find them in the library). Fill one out for each battle book you read.
**you must read and fill out three of these before Thanksgiving to be included on a team**