Bluebonnets

Bluebonnets 15-16

Bluebonnet Bookmarks for 15-16

Bluebonnet Book Scavenger Hunt and mini books

Animoto Movie of Books

Thinglink with Booktrailer videos



1. Read at least 5 of the 20 books on the [|bluebonnet reading list] 2. Complete a [|__]book response_[|_] online for each book. 3. That's it! You get to come to the book voting party in January. //Responses are due by January 25th// to attend the voting celebration. Repeat each year - 20 great new books are selected for the list every school year. Texas students have been reading and voting on bluebonnet books [|since 1981] !

[|**Click here to view the ThingLink with Book Videos**] [|Always, Abigail] by Nancy J. Cavanaugh [|Book Activities]    [|Emily’s Blue Period] by Cathleen Daly [|Book Activities]     [|The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing] by Sheila Turnage [|Book Activities]     [|Grandfather Gandhi] by Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus [|Book Activities]     [|The Great American Dust Bowl] by Don Brown [|Book Activities]     [|The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom] by Christopher Healy [|Book Activities]     [|The Lost Planet] by Rachel Searles [|Book Activities]     [|The Misadventures of Salem Hyde #1] by Frank Cammuso [|Book Activities]     [|Mountain Dog] by Margarita Engle [|Book Activities]     [|The Night Gardener] by Jonathan Auxier [|Book Activities]     [|Quinny & Hopper] by Adriana Brad Schanen [|Book Activities]     [|The Right Word: Mr. Roget and his Thesaurus] by Jen Bryant [|Book Activities]     [|Rutherford B. Who Was He?] by Marilyn Singer [|Book Activities]     [|Saving Lucas Biggs] by Marisa de los Santos [|Book Activities]     [|The Scraps Book] by Lois Ehlert [|Book Activities]     [|Separate is Never Equal] by Duncan Tonatiuh [|Book Activities]     [|Sky Jumpers] by Peggy Eddleman [|Book Activities]     [|The Vanishing Coin] by Kate Egan and Magician Mike Lane [|Book Activities]     [|When the Beat was Born] by Laban Carrick Hill [|Book Activities]     [|Zane and the Hurricane] by Rodman Philbrick [|Book Activities] **More About the Program:**The Texas Bluebonnet Award is a project of the Texas Library Association created to encourage a love of voluntary reading. Since 1981, students across the state have selected a top title from 20 nominees to win the [|Bluebonnet Award] each year. **Online Connections** [|Checked in?] See the status of Webb's Bluebonnet Collection here. [|Bluebonnet Reading List] :  Summaries of the 2015-2016 titles. [|Mackin Book Talk] :  Interactive descriptions of the current nominees. [|Reading Tracking Sheet] :  Use this optional sheet to keep track as you read. [|YouTube Playlist:]   Book trailer videos of all bluebonnet nominees. Teachers/Parents: Check out these great ideas for each teaching with each book on the [|TLA Bluebonnet Wiki].
 * Looking for a great book?**  Try a past [|Bluebonnet Award Winner]    2015: [|The Day the Crayons Quit] by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers   2014: Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if you Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits   2013: Postcards from Camp by Simms Taback   2012: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger [|More Winners]

|| Bluebonnets 14-15

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