NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 25.
PORT ANGELES — Eleven teams of Clallam County fourth-graders will compete in a trivia-style contest at 6:30 tonight.
Battle of the Books 2016, scheduled at the Port Angeles Library at 2210 S. Peabody St., is the culmination of a yearlong collaborative project.
The project is between the North Olympic Library System, which oversees public libraries in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay; the Port Angeles, Sequim, Quillayute Valley and Crescent School districts; and Queen of Angels private school.
Throughout the year, more than 180 fourth-graders participated in the program.
Each received free copies of the five books that were read as part of the project.
Each student also received a T-shirt featuring art created by a fellow student during a design contest held last year.
This year’s participating schools include Jefferson, Greywolf, Forks Intermediate, Olympic Peninsula Academy, Helen Haller, Franklin, Roosevelt, Queen of Angels, Crescent, Dry Creek and Hamilton Elementary.
Book clubs
For five months prior to the final competition, library staff led book club discussions at each of the schools to help support and encourage student reading.
Books read during the year included Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos and Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman.
The competition will include trivia questions about each book.
For information about this and other programs for youths, visit www.nols.org; contact the Youth Services Department of the Port Angeles Library at 360-417-8500, ext. 7705; or email youth@nols.org.
