CONGRATULATIONS! Top-two finish for Genesee Hill Elementary Book Bandits in Global Reading Challenge

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Thanks to Andrea for the report and photos from a big event tonight!

Seattle Public Library hosts the Global Reading Challenge annually for teams of Seattle 4th and 5th graders. Two West Seattle teams advanced to the citywide finals on April 2 – Genesee Hill Elementary and Lafayette Elementary. The Genesee Hill team, the Book Bandits, tied for second place in the citywide final! Those seven Genesee 5th-graders worked for months reading and re-reading the books selected for the challenge and won their school and semi-finals to advance. They competed against 10 other teams. Genesee Hill librarian Lindsay Yost has been helping the team prepare and cheered them on from the audience on the big night.

The Book Bandits – Avery, Collin, Henry, Laird, Lake, Si, and Tommy – deserve big kudos for their hard work!

Learn more about the Global Reading Challenge here.

Dave April 2, 2025 (8:49 pm)

Good work. Congratulations!

CuriousCat April 3, 2025 (7:54 am)

What a wonderful opportunity for kids. It is a fantastic program! Kudos to all the librarians who make that special extra effort to organize and administer it.

KMB April 3, 2025 (12:49 pm)

My kiddo was on the team that ended up winning, and she said the Book Bandits were a formidable opponent! Great work!

Proud of WS kids!! April 3, 2025 (4:27 pm)

Way to represent, Book Bandits! An amazing achievement:) Kudos to all West Seattle kids who participated! You should all be very proud of yourselves. Keep reading!

Me mama April 3, 2025 (4:44 pm)

Way to go! Also here to plug the booklist that the GRC uses- they always have a well rounded curation of different book types for the elementary reader. If your kid is a 3grade plus level reader, take a look at their list for some great suggestions!

Another mom April 3, 2025 (8:46 pm)

Thanks for the recommendation to look at the book list. Love that it linked directly to the library and almost all of them are available!

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