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The New Jersey Association of School Librarians advocates high standards for librarianship and library media programs in the public, private and parochial schools in New Jersey to ensure that students and staff become effective users of information. The Association fosters excellence in the school library media program by providing school librarians/media specialists with educational opportunities and current information through mentoring, online and print publications, workshops, and conferences.
   
Reading Programs


  BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 2008-2009

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Baseball Fever  Joanna Hurwitz

Secret Soldier Ann McGovern

Whipping Boy Sid Fleischman

The Chocolate Touch Patrick Catling

The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet  Tony Abbott

The Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars

The Case of the Mummy Mystery  James Preller

Shoeshine Girl  Clyde Robert Bulla

Fourth Grade Rats  Jerry Spinelli

The Legend of Spud Murphy Eoin Colfer

The Cabin Faced West  Jean Fritz

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle  Betty MacDonald

Clementine  Sara Pennypacker

Andy and Tamika  David A. Adler

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar

5/6

SOR Losers Avi

A Dog’s Life – An Autobiography of a Stray  Ann M. Martin

No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman

A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L’Engle

Esperanza Rising  Pam Munoz Ryan

Akiko and the Planet  Mark Crilley

Maniac Magee  Jerry Spinelli

A Family Apart Joan Lowery Nixon

The Kid Who Ran for President Dan Gutman

Kensuke’s Kingdom  Michael Morpurgo

Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech

The Pinballs Betsy Byars

Frindle Andrew Clements

The BFG  Roald Dahl

Homesick, My Own Story  Jean Fritz

7/8

Travel Team  Mike Lupica

They Cage the Animals at Night  Jennings Michael Burch

Holes  Louis Sachar

Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Chaldenko

Inkheart  Cornelia Funke

Homeless Bird  Gloria Whelan

Things Not Seen  Andrew Clements

Hoot  Carl Hiassen

Candidate for Murder  Joan Lowery Nixon

Catherine Called Birdie  Karen Cushman

Stormbreaker  Anthony Horowitz

Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie  Jordan Sonnenblick

California Blue  David Klass

Among the Hidden  Margaret Peterson Haddix

Hope Was Here  Joan Bauer

 

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If there are any questions, contact the following coordinators:

Linda Bykowski
Burnet Middle School Library
1000 Caldwell Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
908-851-6397

Maureen Stryker
Lafayette School Library
22l Lafayette Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-635-8694


Letters About Literature

A National Reading and Writing Promotional Program for Children and Young Adults.

Enthusiastic Reader Award Nomination Form

The New Jersey Reading Association has enthusiastically endorsed the
Enthusiastic Reader Award and NJASL supports the Association in that endeavor. Please nominate all those enthusiastic readers in your midst, by completing and submitting the Enthusiastic Reader Award form.

Award Recipients 2008

Read Across America

NJEA

New Jersey Reads: The Foundation for Literacy (Summer '06 Newsletter)

Accelerated Reader

Scholastic Reading Counts

One Book New Jersey