What’s your Favorite Chapter Book?

Monday, 1/4/2010

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As we celebrated the close of the decade, School Library Journal’s Fuse#8 blog is holding a poll to find out the Top Fictional Chapter Books of all time.

To make sure your favorite book is included, vote using these simple steps from Fuse #8:

• “Vote for your top ten middle grade books of all time (not just this year or last year) by 11:59 Eastern on January 31, 2010.  This will NOT include young adult books (for kids 13 and up) or early readers (like Mr. Putter and Tabby or Frog and Toad Are Friends).  How do you determine if a book is middle grade?  Well, I’m very fond of Powell’s, so why don’t you use their site if you’re uncertain.  These are books for kids who can read full chapters on their own and who are under the age of 13. 
• List these books in your order of preference.  I cannot stress this enough.  Your #1 chapter book would be the one you feel is the most important, so I will give it 10 points.  Your #2 choice will be only 9 points.  And so on and such.  So be very careful how you order your books.  During the picture book poll people would just list their ten willy-nilly, but that haphazard order led to a more creative final result than some would have liked.
• Submit these books to me at Fusenumber8@gmail.com.  Write “Chapter Book Poll” in the subject line.  I’d rather you didn’t leave your votes in my comment feature on this site since it’s finicky and difficult to use (plus I want everyone’s votes to be a surprise).”

Need a good chapter book to read? Consider a Walden Media book!

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