Reading Olympics

Reading Olympics 2009-2010

About the Reading Olympics

Reading Olympics is a literature enrichment program sponsored by School Districts 90 and 97, Oak Park Public Library, and River Forest Public Library, as well as several area private schools.

At the beginning of the school year all 5th grade students are invited to participate in the Reading Olympics program. Students read a list of 18 chosen books and compete with each other answering questions about the books. The students answer with the name of the book and the name of its author.

School teams are formed (three students each) and the schools meet three times a year for competition. The first two competitions cover nine books each. The last competition, held in April, covers the previous 18 books.

For more information about Reading Olympics and how your child or school can participate call the River Forest Public Library at 708-366-5205 x 312, or contact Ellen Cutter by email at ellen.cutter(@)riverforestlibrary.org.

Titles for Fall 2009

Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine
Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Flight #116 is Down! by Caroline B. Cooney
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
Wanted– Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars

Titles for Spring 2010

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Double Trouble Squared by Kathryn Lasky
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Haunting at Home Plate by David Patneaude
Holes by Louis Sachar
Honus and Me Dan Gutman
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park
Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi