Simply participating in IBOB elevates enthusiasm for reading and can bring positive recognition to your learning community to boot.  With the completion of only two battles with other schools comes the prestige of receiving a participation medal to proudly display on your school's website.  This sends a signal that reading is fun, important and that your learning community transcends borders.  If you are the top school on your continent you will be granted a medal to display in perpetuity recognizing the year of your achievement.  Finally, the top three schools in the world will be awarded a gold, silver, and bronze medal to display on their website and a personalized medal will go on the IBOB website each with links to the other.  All medals will have a link back to the IBOB homepage to serve as an easy launch point for your school to stay abreast of what is happening.  No school goes home empty handed.  See the samples below and then GO FOR THE GOLD!