It’s the first month of the Big BINGO Book Challenge! For every BINGO, kids get chances to win a $20 gift card or the $100 grand prize Amazon gift card!
Sign up to join the Challenge here. Get the November BINGO card online or at the library. Log a BINGO online or by bringing the completed card to the library.
November’s 3rd grade Challenge books are:
13th Street: Battle of the Bad Breath Baths by David Bowles & Shane Clester
13th Street series, book #1
Available as a book and ebook.
Summary from Goodreads: Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City’s water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it’s not a street at all. It’s a strange world filled with dangerous beasts! Will the cousins find their way back to Aunt Lucy’s?
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon by Kate DiCamillo & Kris Van Dusen
Tales from Deckawoo Drive, book #2
Available as a book, CD audiobook, ebook, and digital audiobook.
Summary from Goodreads: Francine Poulet is the greatest Animal Control Officer in Gizzford County. She hails from a long line of Animal Control Officers. She’s battled snakes, outwitted squirrels, and stared down a bear. “The genuine article,” Francine’s dad always called her. She is never scared—until, that is, she’s faced with a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost. Maybe Francine isn’t cut out to be an Animal Control Officer after all! But the raccoon is still on the loose, and the folks on Deckawoo Drive need Francine back. Can she face her fears, round up the raccoon, and return to the ranks of Animal Control?
Megabat by Anna Humphrey & Kass Reich
Megabat series, book #1
Available as a book.
Summary from Goodreads: Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It’s big and old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND it’s haunted… or is it? Daniel realizes it’s not a ghost in his new house. It’s a bat. And he can talk. And he’s actually kind of cute. Add some buttermelon, juice boxes, a light saber and a common enemy and you’ve got a new friendship in the making!
Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee & Dung Ho
Mindy Kim series, book #1
Available as a book.
Summary from Goodreads: Mindy Kim just wants three things – a puppy, to fit in at her new school, and for her dad to be happy again. But, getting all three of the things on her list is a lot trickier than she thought it would be. On her first day of school, Mindy’s school snack of dried seaweed isn’t exactly popular at the lunch table. Luckily, her new friend, Sally, makes the snacks seem totally delicious to Mindy’s new classmates, so they decide to start the Yummy Seaweed Business to try and raise money for that puppy! When another student decides to try and sabotage their business, Mindy loses more than she bargained for—and wonders if she’ll ever fit in.
Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown by Megan McDonald & Peter H. Reynolds
Stink series, book #6
Available as a book, CD audiobook, Playaway, and ebook.
Summary from Goodreads: Stink needs a sport, fast! Can his alter-ego, Shark Hammersmash, wrestle a win at thumb wars? Or will a perfect karate kick lead him to victory?
Trouble at Table 5: The Candy Caper by Tom Watson
Trouble at Table 5 series, book #1
Available as a book.
Summary from Goodreads: Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton’s desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer—even if it means detention for all of them!
Mia Mayhem is a Superhero! by Kara West & Leeza Hernandez
Mia Mayhem series, book #1
Available as a book.
Summary from Goodreads: Mia Macarooney is a regular eight-year-old girl who finds out that she’s A SUPERHERO! Her life literally goes from totally ordinary to totally super when she’s invited to attend the afterschool Program for In-Training Superheroes a.k.a. THE PITS! And the crazy thing is, in a weird meant-to-be sort of way, all of this news somehow feels super right. Because all her life, Mia thought she was just super klutz…but it turns out, she’s just SUPER! So now, it’s up to Mia to balance her regular everyday life and maintain her secret identity as she learns how to be the world’s newest superhero!
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick & Guy Major
Hilo series, book #1
Available as a book.
Summary from Goodreads: BOOM! CLANG! CRASH! D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn’t! Hilo just fell out of the sky and doesn’t know where he came from, or what he’s doing on Earth. (Or why going to school in only your underwear is a BAD idea!) . . . But UH-OH, what if Hilo wasn’t the only thing to fall to our planet? Can the trio unlock the secrets of Hilo’s past? Can Hilo SURVIVE a day at school? Find out in HILO-a laugh-out-loud, epic story of friendship! Adventure! (And the occasionaly mutant space robot).
