Here are the 3rd-5th titles selected for the OBOB 2008-2009 year:

Oregon Battle of the Books

3rd-5th Division:

Bookmark: 3.50809bookmark.doc

Checkoff Sheet for Teams (Team Divy Chart): obobcklist.xls

Note Taking Sheet for Teams:  obobnotes.xls

MS Powerpoint 3rd-5th grade Books:  3.5.0809show.ppt

Titles Selected:  Our specific focus was selecting books that had an Oregon author or an Oregon setting.  This is to support the Oregon Sesquicentennial celebration.

 Selected books:

Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plus, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains - Deborah Hopkinson – Tall Tale/Historical Fiction    (This is the 2009 Oregon Reads Title.)

Escaping the Giant Wave - Peg Kehret - Realistic Fiction

Gentle Ben - Walt Morey - Realistic Fiction

Cryptid Hunters - Roland Smith - Realistic Fiction

Dark Hills Divide - Patrick Carman - Fantasy

Gooseberry Park - Cynthia Rylant - Fantasy

The Black Paw - Heather Vogel Frederick – Mystery/Fantasy

B is for Beaver - Marie Smith - Non-fiction

Bound for Oregon - Jean Van Leeuwen - Historical Fiction

Who was Sacagawea - Judith or Dennis B. Fradin – Biography/Non-fiction

The Summer of Riley - Eve Bunting - Realistic Fiction

Into the Firestorm - Deborah Hopkinson - Historical Fiction

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo - Fantasy

Rules by Cynthia Lord – Realistic Fiction

Gossamer by Lois Lowry - Fantasy

Clementine by Sara Pennypacker – Realistic Fiction