Book Blitz Jr.
(formerly Battle of the Books)
The student promises to:
- I promise to listen to other’s ideas with respect.
- I promise to thoughtfully read each book by the meeting date.
- I promise to ask my coach for help if I need it.
- I promise to share responsibility for our team’s success and mistakes.
- I promise to represent my school by demonstrating integrity and good sportsmanship through the competition.
Scan the QR code below or click here to register your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grader today.
Students should submit completed book summaries to the Alta View administrative office. Those who submit summaries will receive a book button and be entered into a monthly drawing for a small prize or candy. There will be a grand prize drawing at the end of the year. How many summaries are turned in will be how many chances a student has to win the grand prize!
Click the picture above to download a printable PDF of the summary sheet.
- will receive a book button and be entered into a monthly drawing for a small prize or candy. There will be a grand prize drawing at the end of the year. How many summaries are turned in will be how many chances a student has to win the grand prize!
2025-2026 3rd Grade Reading List
To download a PDF copy of the 3rd Grade reading list, click here.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look |
Gone Fishing by Tamera Will Wissinger |
Bedhead Ted by Scott SanGiacomo |
Flipping Forward Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton |
Maribel vs. The Volcano by Sarah Hannah Gomez |
Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing |
The Haunted House Next Door: Desmond Cole by Adres Miedoso |
Dog Squad by Chris Grabenstein |
Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin |
Who Was Jim Thorpe? by James Buckley Jr. |
Wings of Olympus by Kallie George |
Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery by Raj Haldar |
2025-2026 4th and 5th Grade Reading List
To download a PDF copy of the 4th and 5th Grade reading list, click here.
Pax by Sara Pennypacker |
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina |
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas |
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitigh Smith |
Simon B. Rhymin’ by Dwayne Reed |
Moo by Sharon Creech |
City Spies by James Ponti |
Lions and Liars by Dan Santat |
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Rauf |
Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen |
Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller |
Virtually Me by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown |
