IBOB, YouBOB, We All Bob
Actually you probably didn’t IBOB, as it stands for Idaho Battle of the Books. It’s advertised as a sports competition except with books. Knowing how much I like to connect young readers with books, our local children’s librarian asked if I would be interested in being a volunteer for the regional IBOB tourney held Saturday at the Couer d’ Alene library. Our library team consisted of four elementary students who had been preparing since January. They had to read the selected books and be prepared to answer questions related to content in the books. Fortunately, as a timer/scorekeeper I was not held responsible to reading the books. Whew!
There are middle school and high school competitions as well, but our library focused on elementary. I was quite impressed with teams that competed and our own team held their own until the last round and came in second place overall.
I’m hoping next year will see more teams involved from our area. Does anyone have a Battle of the Books in their state?
Pam Webb 