Live Oak Elementary Library

And now the Bluebonnet results for Texas...In 1st place with 31,933 votes is Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel, in 2nd place with 19,791 votes is Martina the Beautiful Cockroach and in 3rd place with 16,251 votes is Alvin Ho.  In Texas, we blew the top off the voting.  There were a total of 191,090 students that voted- 101 of those were from Live Oak!

The Bluebonnet results are in for Live Oak.  The 1st place winner with 19 votes is Savvy by Ingrid Law.  The 2nd place winner with 14 votes is Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel.  The 3rd place winner with 9 votes is Two-Minute Drill by Mike Lupica.  Thank you to all our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who participated in the program and for all of our teachers for your support of the program. 

Think you know everything there is to know about this year's Bluebonnet books?  Check your knowledge at this year's Battle of the Bluebonnets.
  Several of the librarians from Leander ISD have challenged us to put together a team of 4-5 students of our most knowledgable Bluebonnet readers to compete in the Battle of the Bluebonnets.  We will be competing with other students from schools in Leander and Round Rock to see who can answer questions about this year's Bluebonnet books.  The competition is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23rd, from 4-5 pm at Cox Elementary in Leander ISD.  Come out and cheer us on!  Go Live Oak!

Here's some pictures from the Susan Stevens Crummel visit!  Fun Times!
 

On December 9th, Phil Bildner, the author of the Sluggers chapter book series, came to visit the 4th graders at Live Oak.  He did a writing camp with them and talked to them about the importance of revising your writing.  He also taught them about using "Show not Tell" and about exploding the moment.  The students were able to get some great ideas for their own writing.  
 

In November, the author, Susan Stevens Crummel visited Live Oak.  She is the author of one of this year's Bluebonnet Nominees, Help Me, Mr. Mutt.  All the students K-5 were able to visit with her.  It was very entertaining.  The students were laughing and having a great time.
  She even motivated some of our students to begin writing stories, themselves.  Two fourth grade students decided to collaborate on a book where one would write the story and the other would illustrate the story.
  Check back soon for pictures of her visit!

We have a new reading program this  year for 4th and 5th graders called "Read It Forward."  We will be releasing the name of our book for the program on Monday, September 28th.  I can't tell you much, but I can tell you the book is awesome!

What is the BEST book you read over the summer?

Do you know which books are on this year's Bluebonnet list?  Watch this video to see which ones you can't wait to read!