Congratulations to all OKE 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who participated in this year's Texas Bluebonnet Award program!
This week, 139 students came into our library and cast their votes for their favorite book from this year's list of nominees. The totals were as follows (I have highlighted the top three books on our campus):
Votes per book:
8 votes for The Night
Gardener
0 votes for The Great
American Dust Bowl
2 votes for The Right
Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
18 votes for The
Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Book One: Spelling Trouble
13 votes for Always,
Abigail
3 votes for Emily's Blue
Period
2 votes for Saving Lucas
Biggs
12 votes for Sky Jumpers
17 votes for The
Vanishing Coin
3 votes for The Scraps
Book: Notes from a Colorful Life
9 votes for Mountain Dog
3 votes for Grandfather
Gandhi
12 votes for The Hero's
Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
0 votes for When the
Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
12 votes for Zane and
the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
5 votes for Quinny &
Hopper
7 votes for The Lost
Planet
2 votes for Rutherford
B., Who Was He?: Poems About Our Presidents
5 votes for Separate Is
Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
6 for The Ghosts
of Tupelo Landing
Total book votes:
139
Votes per grade:
- Third Grade: 48
- Fourth Grade: 43
- Fifth Grade: 48
Total school votes:
139
These votes have been submitted to the Texas Library Association in Austin. Our votes will be added to the votes from children all across the state of Texas. In early February, the Texas Library Association will announce the official winner. I will be sure to post the official winner as soon as it is announced.
In the meanwhile, you can get a head start on reading from next year's list:
These books will be available for purchase during our school's Spring Book Fair, and will be available for check-out from the library soon!
