Reading Lists

                             

                               HAPPY READING! ! !

                             

                            Welcome to 2009-2010 

Our library believes in the power of reading enjoyment and immersive learning
and a commitment to a high level of literacy for every child.
                         
Newberry 2009 Medal Winner
      The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Newberry 2008 Medal Winner
      God Masters Sweet Ladies; voices from a Medieval Village
                         by Laura Amy Schlitz 

Caldecott 2009 Medal Winner
      The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes
                         written by Susan Marie Swanson

Caldecott 2008 Medal Winner
      The Invention of Hugo Cabret written & illustrated by Brian Selznick


The Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) reading program was established in 1979 to:
    * encourage Texas children to read more books
    * explore a variet of current books
    * develop powers of discrimination
    * identify their favorite books
The Texas Library Association sponsors the Texas bluebonnet Award Master
reading list solely to encourage voluntary reading.

Each year the Texas Bluebonnet Committee announces twenty titles that have
been sslected for the Master List.  Students in grades 3 through 6 who read 
or have heard read aloud at least five of the books on the current list may 
vote for their favorite.

                   Texas Bluebonnet Award 2009-2010 Master List  
Alvin Ho                                  L. Look  
The Gollywhopper Games                    J. Feldman   
Help Me, Mr. Mutt!                        J. Stevens  
The Hound of Rowan                        H.H. Neff  
Lady Liberty                              D. Rappaport   
The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster         A. Flaherty   
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach           C.A. Deedy  
Maybelle in the Soup                      K. Speck   
Nic Bishop Frogs                          N. Bishop   
Pale Male                                 J. Schulman  
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street          J. Birdsall  
Piper Reed                                K.W. Holt  
Savvy                                     I. Law   
Someone Named Eva                         J.M. Wolf   
Surprises According to Humphrey           B.G. Birney   
Two-Minute Drill                          M. Lupica  
We Are the Ship                           K. Nelson   
What to Do About Alice?                   B. Kerley  
Where I Live                              E. Spinelli  
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico! Americas' Sproutings P. Mora  
  

                                   YA Books
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
The Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
the Floating Island by Elizabeth Haydon
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine
Pieces of Georgia by Jen Bryant
Chance Fortune and the Outlaws by Shane Berryhill
Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale
Gallagher Girl series by Ally Carter
Enola Holmes Mystery Series by Nancy Springer


 

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