September 19, 2012
Dear Parent/Guardian,
We all know how important reading is in the education of our children so the Scotland PTO has decided to pay the fee
for Scotland School to represent us at the Prairie Readers completion. Prairie Readers is sponsored by the Women in
Action group of Armour. The completion will be held in Armour on March 19, 2013. We will be participating in the 2nd12th grade competitions. During the competition the students compete with other schools to answer questions about
the books they have read. The competition is comprised of two timed rounds of questions that they are scored on.
Trophies will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place teams and medals for the 3rd place team. The school with the most
accumulated points will receive a trophy to keep and a traveling plaque, which returns to the next year’s competition.
Your child will be responsible to read 10 predetermined chapter books chosen by the Women in Action group. The
books are from a variety of genres. There will be a few copies of each book for the children to use, but you may need to
purchase the books on your own. Each team is also required to write questions for each book to be used during the
competition. We need to ensure that your child reads each book in a timely manner. You may read the books with your
child.
Each group will need to arrange a time to meet after school with parent volunteers to prepare for the competition.
During this time the groups will discuss the books and prepare and practice questions. If you are willing to be a parent
volunteer please let your child’s classroom teacher know by October 1, 2012.
Please sign and return to bottom portion of this paper if you would like your child to represent Scotland School in this
event.
Thank you,
Scotland School PTO and Staff
Prairie Readers Participant
Student Signature ________________ Parent Signature______________________
September 19, 2012
2013 Prairie Reader Books
2nd – 3rd grades
Being Teddy Roosevelt
Claudia Mills (2011)
Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder (2004)
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library
Eth Clifford (2003) (2010)
Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine
Barbara Park (2005)
Leprechaun in Late Winter
Mary Pope Osborne
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren (2004)
Stuart Little
E.B. White
The Jacket
Andrew Clements (2010)
Upchuck and Rotten Willy
Bill Wallace (2007)
Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit
Joan Carris
4th – 5th grades
A Dog’s Way Home
Bobbie Pyron
A Tale of Two Tails
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Joshua’s Song
Joan Hiatt Harlow (2006) (2010)
Matilda
Roald Dahl (2007)
Number the Stars
Lois Lowery (2010)
Return of the Homework Machine
Dan Gutman
Sticks
Joan Bauer (2009)
The Teacher’s Funeral
Richard Peck (2007)
The Whipping Boy
Sid Fleischman (2002)
Whittington
Alan Armstrong (2010)
September 19, 2012
6th – 7th grades
A Wrinkle in Time
Madelein L’Engle (2007)
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery (2002 & 2008)
Code Talker
Joseph Bruchac (2009)
Girl in Blue
Ann Rinaldi (2007)
Heart of a Shepherd
Rosanne Parry
Hoot
Carl Hiasson (2007)
Out of My Mind
Sharon M. Draper
The Boy in Striped Pajamas
John Boyne (2009) (2012)
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo
8th – High School
Best Foot Forward
Joan Bauer (2008)
Cheaper by the Dozen
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (2002) (2008)
Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson
Life of Pi
Yann Martel (2007)
Little Britches : Father and I were Ranchers
Ralph Moody (2005)
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Okay for Now
Gary D. Schmidt
The Thief Lord
Cornelia Funke (2006)
Please take time to double check authors of books. We have had schools read the wrong
book because of books with the same name but different author’s.
Year notation in parenthesis is the year(s) this book was used previously.