March Madness has been a big deal for me since college. Granted, this is probably because I went to UNC Chapel Hill, aka basketball royalty. Sure, librarians and teachers do some variety of "March Reading Madness" in their schools, but few do it like me. On Selection Sunday, the top 68 teams are ranked and matched up to create the NCAA tournament bracket. I look at the circulation statistics for the year and match each basketball team with a book (ex: the four books with the most circulations are paired with the four 1 seed teams). As the basketball teams move on to the next round of the tournament, so do the accompanying books. This method brings a variety of "readers and leaders" into the fun of March Reading Madness. Kids who like books (but aren't necessarily interested in sports) make predictions on which books they've read and enjoyed. Kids who like sports (but aren't necessarily interested in books) make predictions based on the teams. Either way, the kids are talking about books, and that's a win in my book! I can't take the creative credit for my version of "March Reading Madness" - that credit goes to the amazing Kendra Allen (@kallen). I student taught under Kendra during the spring of 2013 at Holly Grove Middle School. While I was there, I learned about how she used the actual data of the NCAA tournament to dictate her "tournament." She's now the Director of Library Media Services for WCPSS, so she doesn't get to do March Reading Madness with her HGMS students. I like to think that her legacy of basketball and books lives on wherever I'm the librarian. Click "Read More" to see which books are matched with the basketball teams!
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