Battle of the Books - March 2021

Virtual Book Club: “I Will Survive” Edition

Are you looking for your next favourite book or want to talk about something that you have already read?  Sam will be hosting a Battle of the Books - Virtual Book Club!  For the month of March it will be the “I Will Survive” edition.  Have you been reading our current Battle of the Books list?  Let’s talk about the books and vote for what should stay or go.  Bonus - there’s a ‘Survival Kit’ that accompanies your registration that will contain a NEW COPY of David A. Robertson’s, Narnia-like fantasy novel, The Barren Grounds to KEEP!  

*Registration Opens: Thursday, March 4^th (*Open to 15 participants)

Kit Pick Up: Starting March 9th

Virtual Book Club Live Zoom Event - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 (4:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.)

Recommended for Gr. 4-8

It would be beneficial to have read at least one book on the list below before participating in the LIVE event.  This program will be discussion based and have interactive activities.  

“I WILL SURVIVE” Book List:

• The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 
• Home Ice Advantage by Tom Earle 
• Refugee by Alan Gratz 
• Avalanche! (Survivor Diaries) by Terry Lynn Johnson 
• Lost! (Survivor Diaries) by Terry Lynn Johnson 
• What Was The Great Depression? by Janet B. Pascal 
• Undergrounders by David Skuy 
• Minrs by Kevin Sylvester 
• The Rule of Thre3 by Eric Walters 
• Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

Battle of the Books in History

Congrats to Charlotte's Web! 

Our 2020 Spring Showdown Winner!

A list of 100 books is curated by the Orillia Public Library staff at the beginning of the school year. We promise every book is a good book, (you just might not like it)!

Schools make teams to gather every May at the Library for a Battle tournament!

2019 Tournament

Congratulations to our 2019 Champions: East Oro Public School!

Congratulations to our past winners!