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February 05, 2008

Down Girl and Sit: On the Road Wins Texas Bluebonnet Award

Lucy Nolan’s book Down Girl and Sit: On the Road is the winner of the 2007-2008 Texas Bluebonnet Award with 19,248 votes. The Ghost’s Grave by Peg Kehert with 15,830 votes and Marion Dane Bauer’s The Blue Ghost with 15,738 were neck and neck for second and third place. The number of students who “got out the vote” this year was 151%2,107!


Lucy Nolan. Down Girl and Sit: On the Road
A dog who thinks her name is Down Girl goes on a car ride to the beach, goes camping in the woods, and reluctantly pays a visit to the vet with her master, Rruff.

The Bluebonnet Award is a project of the Texas Library Association and is co-sponsored by the Children's Roundtable and the Texas Association of School Librarians, both of the Texas Library Association from suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students, and others. Students in grades 3-6 vote in January for the winner.


Posted by Kathleen at February 5, 2008 08:37 AM

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