GALVESTON — Read five and decide is the encouraging pitch of this year’s Texas Library Association’s Bluebonnet Committee.
Each year, the committee of public and school librarians prepares a master list of 20 well-written children’s books.
The list is comprised of a variety of genres and is suitable reading for third- through sixth-graders.
The goal of the program is to get children to read a variety of current literature and enabling them to identify a favorite.
Children are invited to participate by checking out Bluebonnet Books from the library.
Children can cast their vote for their favorite at the Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Ave., if their school isn’t participating in the program and holding its own election.
Participants must read — or have heard read aloud — at least five books from the list to vote.
Ballots can be obtained at the library and must be turned in by Jan. 22.
Call 409-763-8854, Ext. 135 or visit rosenberg-library.org.
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Bluebonnet Books
A complete list of the 2009-10 Bluebonnet Master List follows:
Birdsall, Jeanne, “The Penderwicks on Gardam Street”
Birney, Betty G, “Surprises According to Humphrey”
Bishop, Nic, “Nic Bishop Frogs”
Deedy, Carmen Agra, “Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale”
Deedy, Carmen Agra, “Martina una cucarachita muy linda: Un Cuento Cubano”
Feldman, Jody, “The Gollywhopper Games”
Flaherty, A.W., “The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating”
Holt, Kimberly Willis, “Piper Reed: Navy Brat “
Kerley, Barbara, “What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!”
Law, Ingrid, “Savvy”
Look, Lenore, “Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things”
Lupica, Mike, “Two-Minute Drill”
Mora, Pat. “¡Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: America’s Sproutings”
Mora, Pat. “¡Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: Brotes de Las Americas”
Neff, Henry H., “The Hound of Rowan”
Nelson, Kadir, “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball”
Rappaport, Doreen, “Lady Liberty: A Biography”
Schulman, Janet, “Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City”
Speck, Katie, “Maybelle in the Soup”
Spinelli, Eileen, “Where I Live”
Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel, “Help Me, Mr. Mutt!”
