The Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) reading program was established in 1979 to encourage Texas children to read more books, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books. Two committees within the Texas Library Association (TLA) have the responsibility for selecting and publicizing the books eligible for this annual award. They are the Texas Bluebonnet Program Committee and the Texas Bluebonnet Selection Committee. Together these two committees create and coordinate the activities associated with the TBA Program, which is jointly sponsored by the Children’s Round Table (CRT) and the Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL).
If you'd like to learn more about the Bluebonnet Reading Program, visit the official website
TBA Read-A-Louds in the Library
During visits to the library Ms. McCollum will be reading the following books from the 2009-2010 Master List. See the Lesson Plan Calendar for the weeks the books will be read in the Library. Lesson Plan Ideas will be available soon on the Lesson Plan Index.
"What To Do About Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!" by Barbara Kerley
"Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale" by Carmen Needy
"The Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating" by A.W. Flaherty
"Where I Live" by Eileen Spinelli
"Help Me, Mr. Mutt!" by Janet Stevens