The Texas Bluebonnet Book Award is a special reading program for Texas students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each year 20 new book titles are selected by a committee of Texas librarians. Students who read or hear at least 5 of the 20 titles may vote for a favorite title during January. Votes are collected from school libraries across Texas, and the author of the book that receives the most votes is awarded the Texas Bluebonnet Book Award. Students who participate at Metzler also receive a sticker, certificate, and a small prize.
    At Metzler, our students chose Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Susan Stevens Crummel, as their favorite Bluebonnet Book. Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop came in 2nd place and Pale Male by Janet Schulman and Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf tied for 3rd place. At Metzler, 74 students voted for their favorite book.
    The state winner of the 2009 – 2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award is: Help Me, Mr. Mutt! written by Susan Stevens Crummel. Placing second and third in the state voting are: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy and Alvin Ho by Lenore Look. There was a record breaking 191,090 students that voted in this year’s program statewide.
    To see the list of the 2010 - 2011 Texas Bluebonnet Book nominees, please click on this link:
www.txla.org/groups/tba