The following list is the candidate for the Texas Bluebonnet Award 2009-2010. In our local elementary school in third grade, students can vote for their favorites if they have read at least five books from the main list.
My daughter is in third grade, that all the books mentioned are great. They also contain a number of fiction and nonfiction writing, including novels, poetry, chapter books and picture books. Some of the stories can be extremely controversial and leadsome strong emotions.
There have been known to laugh or cry when reading some of these books. We also have so outraged and shocked that we wanted to stop and read a book, but we were so impressed, and has invested in the story, we could not stop. Many of them have started some of our best conversations. These are the kind of book I love.
I read over my list of books. I hope you look at the list below and decide some more for you or yourChildren. If you do this, please comment below and let me know what you think.
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2009-2010 Master List
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Penderwick girls discover that his mother died before her sister carefully to ensure that her husband, her father remarried. The girls with a "Save Daddy Plan ahead, so you do not have a stepmother. The plan: to him in time with women who know them, he abhors. Each girlalso deals with their situations, such as Jane Batty Skye writing tasks and spy on the new neighbors do.
Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Humphrey loves to teach pet Longfellow Elementary - Room 26 Mrs. Brisbane in the classroom. All children, not even complain, Mandy Payne, Sit-Still-Seth Stevenson, and Lower Your Voice-AJ Thomas, are his friends. There are some strange events is, however, and Humphrey is concernedhis friends. Particularly frightening is the fear that Aldo is the guardian replaced by an alien. For Humphrey, it's scary, scary, scary.
Frogs by Nic Bishop
The reader can almost feel the mud in this book frogs. The images are not only highly informative, but the text also provides information about these fascinating amphibians. The combination of the two for a book that increases awareness and the reader must make a large number of verbal responses, ifPage peel, "Yuck!", "How interesting," "I did not know!" and "Wow"
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban tale of Carmen Agra Deedy
It 's time for Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha, the beautiful muchacha to find a husband. Your Abuela tells her to test each candidate "coffee on the shoes," must find a good husband. Those who choose to Martina? Don Gallo, the rooster is, Don Cerdo the pig, Don Lagarto the lizard, Perez the mouse?How does coffee help Martha? These are all questions in this beautifully illustrated tale Cuban says.
The Games by Jody Feldman Gollywhopper
Gil's father was falsely accused of infidelity during the writing of the game and toy manufacturer Golly. Gil grabs his chance to redeem his pride for the way in which competition Gollywhopper games. puzzle lovers who enjoy the journey as Gil puzzle with his sometimes not so nice, fast team-mate in solving theseAdventure.
Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating by AW Flaherty
"The American voters unite!" is the rallying cry for the children after reading this book. Katerina-Elizabeth parents send a boat trip to Scotland to visit their grandparents. Each morning, the ship has the same thing for breakfast - oatmeal. Each morning he prepares slyly raises the oatmeal in the ocean. A small sea worm after the ship begins to treat every day. Growsthumbnail size to jumbo on a journey through the ocean. After his arrival in Scotland, the worm was followed by water, a river, lake of Loch Ness. Can you guess what happens next?
Piper Reed: Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt
Piper, a fourth grader, is the middle child of the girls of the Reed family. She loves the fact that his father was in the Navy. He gets angry with her sisters because they are really about him as a father, not Chief. As in all military families, and the movabletheir lives. This time we are moving from San Diego to Pensacola. Piper's older sister, Tori thinks that the Navy is ruining her life and her younger sister Sam is a genius. Piper, who loves marine life and dyslexia feels at times that do not fit. Despite all the differences there is much to love in this family.
What about you Alice: how Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy! Barbara Klee
Teddy Roosevelt's famoussaid: "I can be president of the United States, or I can control Alice can not do both .." Alice Roosevelt, his eldest son, it was difficult to contain. He wanted to "eat the world." Your idea to watch their brethren in the White House was to teach them how to slide down the stairs on trays. He had a monkey and snake, he boasted of visiting dignitaries, and despite his father's admonition in the news, have done exactly the opposite. His father "was not amused." OnlyAlice as "eating the world," Reader's will eat this book about Alice Roosevelt.
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Each family member receives a special gift for MIB turning thirteen. They learn that their common sense. fish Mib brother has a strong effect on the water, his brother Rocket Electric, and the great aunt Jules steps back in time 20 minutes every time he sneezes. MIB is now about to turn thirteen. Their big day, the father is in a serious car accident and rushed toHospital. Now think mibs Savvy the ability to save his life. As the mother in the hospital with his father, MIB, and his brother fish, and the town mourns the children to ride on a bus with a vendor exhibition Bible to make it to the hospital. Although MIB Savvy is what they thought they learned something about the crazy bus ride with a most unusual group of people.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and other scary things by Lenore Look
For the reader who lovesLOL, Alvin Ho is here to save the day. Alvin is afraid of most things, even wasabi. He packs his PDK (Personal Disaster Kit) to school every day. He never said a word in school forever, even if he speaks at home. If he gets angry, he curses in Shakespeare, because that is what his father taught. There are many funny scenes, including the chapter "The best way to avoid school," where the entire class sneaks into his companions to visit with chickenpox. ReadingThis book will brighten the worst days.
Drill two minutes by Mike Lupica
Football, friendship and faith in themselves as well as this series has won the Comeback Kids Lupica. Sixth graders Scott loves football, but, as he says, does not like football. Chris classmates is the best player on the team, but has a fight on its own. The two boys develop a strong friendship and discover that their individual talents, along with practice can help both reach theirPotential. You do not have to fight your kids to read this.
¡Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico: America's germination by Pat Mora
What haiku, share information on Indian food and have bright, colorful illustrations? This book ¡Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico: Americas' peep what. This book is the perfect recipe for the information, poetry and art, while all of America to put together the fun.
The Hound of theRowan by Henry Neff
Max had always been something deep inside him that he did not understand. That "something" feels like it will come to life when he followed up in a small gallery Art Institute of Chicago by a strange man uninterested ducks. In the gallery there is an old Celtic tapestry hanging on the wall, tremble, and begins to shine. Max discovers that he, along with other children, an ancient Celtic magic called potential. As a child potentialkidnapped, are he and his fellow Rowan, a school for the action potential, in order to save the world from evil power. This is the first installment of the series tapestry.
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
These pictures, the draw for the first readers of this book. Each page will be changed to admiration, as the ', players and coaches teams in the Negro Baseball League is launched. The story is equally admirable. Nelsonexplains that the narrator is "a common voice, the voice of each player, the voice of us." Readers feel as if they were sitting in their cave listening to the stories. The pain of separation and the joy of the game will be all the feeling of this ship.
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport
There were many children's books published on the Statue of Liberty, but never one of them. With free verse and illustrations that make the readerevents, the biography of the lady says. Each two-page story on the people involved in the process of bringing the port of New York with the idea of creating the statue, the money sent by children in the United States in their basic salary in the celebrations of their placement. The reader will see with new eyes the lady, whether in New York, leading him or her in the eye.
Pale Male: citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman
The RedTail Hawk, Pale Male, as we know, has no easy game. The tests will be presented, tribulations and ultimate triumph of the falcon, which nests on a ledge of the most exclusive New York City with a perfect fusion of word and image. Information on everything from political struggle in his home in Pale Male Pale Male's virility keep weave together a story that all readers will enjoy.
Katie Speck Maybelle in the soup
Maybelle theHenry and the flea beetles that live in the Peabody house, where everything just to be so. The two friends know the rules for survival: "If it's light, stay out of sight when you spied hide, better, and never meet with human feet." Henry is good according to the rules, but it is different when the temptation Maybelle Peabody's have a party. When he finishes the spoon from one of the guests, the hilarity begins. It has never been welcome as a cockroachDistraction.
Where I live, by Eileen Spinelli
Diana is happy in his life. She loves her home, her best friend Rose, and his sister bit 'annoying. To top things off, he just won a poetry competition, and the price is to subscribe to a poetry workshop. His life could not be better, until his father (who jokes) is a serious matter, he and his mother speaking quietly. He left fear their parents' divorce. The good news is that they are not, but the bad news that theirFather lost his job. Diana's family have to move. Told in a simple free verse, the experience of Diana feelings of loss and acceptance. It is recommended that the first and the last two poems entitled "where I live."
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
If people have a problem, write to Dear Abby, but the best help for dogs in need, Mr. Mutt. Any dog can be upset doggone good advice that all ends with a PSfamily cat is not worthy of a pet. Of course, Mutt family cat, the queen is back with his thoughts on the subject. reached the end of the book, Mr. Mutt and Queen of shots, and our consultant dogs must be saved by his fans. There are many laughs for pets and their people.
Someone named Eva by Joan Wolf
Milada is celebrating his eleventh birthday with friends and family happy despite the difficulties caused by three years of Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. A fewGerman soldiers arrested weeks after the entire village. Men and women are separated and the bearings, but Milada and another girl is not from the village. Since both girls have blond hair and blue eyes of Hitler's Aryan ideal, are sent to Germany to be retrained and adopted loyal Nazi families. Milada struggles to remember the words of her grandmother for her eleventh birthday, "Remember who you are, Milada. Think about where you are. Always."
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