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by Traci Glass I want to share with you my very, very favorite program and collaboration idea. I used to live and work in Arizona where I ran the Battle of the Books Program in collaboration with the wonderful school librarians in the Gilbert School District while I was a Children’s Librarian at the Southeast Regional Library. The truly awesome Friends of the Southeast Regional Library sponsored the program. Together we helped 5th and 6th graders read wonderful books, analyze them, and meet new friends in a program that lasted throughout the school year and culminated in an end of the year City Battle. Never heard of Battle of the Books? Let me give you a basic rundown… Since I am most familiar with Arizona’s system, I will give you the heads-up on that, even though from what research I’ve done on the program, it’s pretty similar from state to...