Book Awards
This book award, named for an iconic pacific northwest cryptid, is voted on by 4th-6th graders in Washington state.
The Sasquatch Award
The term for an image or character that represents a person or player online.
Avatar
This genre is all about solving a crime or puzzle.
Mystery
This organization hosts the Global Reading Challenge in schools and at their downtown branch location every year.
The Seattle Public Library
The number of books 5th graders can check out from the library at one time.
5
The number of award nominees you must read to be eligible to vote for a Washington state book award.
2 (or more)
The term for headlines designed to manipulate you into opening them, often for advertising purposes.
Clickbait
Look for robots, aliens, or time machines in this genre.
Science Fiction (Sci Fi)
This is the maximum number of people that can be on one GRC team.
7
The length of time a book can be checked out before it is due to be returned.
2 weeks
The number of graphic novels nominated for the Sasquatch Award in 2026.
2 (Duel and Two Tribes)
Bias
If a book makes you LOL, it belongs in this funny genre section.
Humor
The number of graphic novels included in this year's Global Reading Challenge.
2 (We Are Big Time and Lunar Boy)
If a book you want is checked out, you can place one of these to get a turn with the book when it is returned.
Hold
The title of a Sasquatch Award nominee about 4 Muslim kids stuck in an airport during a storm.
Grounded
The term for the desire we all have to figure out missing information.
Curiosity gap
This genre includes stories about powerful gods and heroes from ancient beliefs.
Mythology
The third type of question you may be asked other than Multiple Choice and Short Answer questions.
True or False?
The reason a student may need to pay a library fine.
To replace a lost/damaged book
The title of a Sasquatch Award nominee that was also part of this year's Global Reading Challenge.
Legends of Lotus Island: The Guardian Test
The term for using digital devices, sites, and apps to intimidate, harm, and upset someone
Cyberbullying
In this genre, the characters are creatures like cats, owls, or mice who talk and live in their own societies like humans do.
Animal Fantasy
A GRC book from the History Smashers series revealed the true history of this famous explorer.
Christopher Columbus
This is where you can place one book that you want to save until you return a book you have checked out.
Book Daycare