- Ira Cross Elementary
- Book Club: Battle of the BOOKS
2025-2026 BOOKS
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2025-2026 Battle of the Books List
- Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park by Lori Alexander
- Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya
- Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand
- Flip!: How Frisbee Took Flight by Margaret Muirhead
- Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent by Mara Rockliff
- Volcanoes by Neil Cross Beckermann
- Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature Lynn Brunelle
- Boo Hag Flex by Justina Ireland
- Chupacarter and the Haunted Piñata by George Lopez and Ryan Calejo
- Dogtown by Katherine Applegate
- Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor by Alan Gratz
- Resist: A Story of D-Day by Alan Gratz
- Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
- Millie by McCall Hoyle
- Nimbus by Jan Eldredge
- Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Arenas Valenti
- I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis
- Miracle on Ice! by James Buckley Jr.
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic by Candace Fleming
- Next Stop by Debbie Frog
Book Club
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Students in the book club will read, discuss and study books for the 2025-2026 "Battle of the Books" competition.
Book Club members will read the 20 books on the battle list. These books include many of the 2024-25 Texas Bluebonnet list. This year several other titles have been added to spark student reading enjoyment.
Students will become familiar with the books to prepare for the annual "Battle of the Books", a multi-school competition held in the Spring!
The Book Club will meet to read and have fun while preparing for the "Battle!"See Mrs. McYoung in the library for permission slips and Club information!
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