Welcome to The Battle of the Books! This event has grown into one of our most popular events, especially since beginning to battle with Jane Ryan School!  

For those who might not know about this epic battle, here’s how it works. We have chosen six titles for our reading warriors to enjoy between now and the actual battle in April. The titles cover a range of themes and reading levels, and are perfect for our students in grades 3-5. Mr. Kunschaft, Mr. Horan (principal at Jane Ryan) and their classroom teachers place students on a three-person balanced team for the year-end competition, with the winners take home the spoils! Also, one of the battle books is a Bookworms read aloud so each student is responsible for the remaining 5 titles.

This year, students in grade 3 will be battling IN HOUSE to see which classroom takes the win! In grade 4, Jane Ryan students will be traveling to DFS to try to steal the trophy back from last year. And in grade 5, we have our first EVER bracketed battle! Round 1 will take place at DFS, where the winning team will be crowned! At the same time, students from Middlebrook, Booth Hill and Tashua will also be battling in grade 5! The top finishing team from all five schools will advance to the first EVER TOWN BATTLE at the Trumbull Public Library in May! We CANNOT WAIT!!! 

We were so fortunate to have a team of DFS parents last year  who tackled the task of becoming audio book readers so that all students at DFS have this format as an option for one of the  battle books. THANK YOU to the following volunteers: Beth Weiner, Jennifer Claydon, Amy Rawden-Cuci, Kristin Zazula, Megan Cavazzini, Kimberly Petrafesa, Cynthia Bradford, Erica Siegel, Kathy Babin, Kristin Reilly, Amanda Regan, Jennifer Voccola, Ashley Stephens, Candice Forman, Jasellynne Morrow, and Sue Guglielmo and Libby Gustafson. It truly takes a village!

Scroll down below to click and listen, and feel free to take our your book and follow along.

Also, the Padlet below has links to audio for ALL of the books!