This year's Bluebonnet winner is Postcards from Camp. 

Over 173,000 students participated in the bluebonnet reading program this year in Texas and helped choose the winning book. 84 of these votes are from students here at Robertson Elementary. If you didn't participate this year, be sure to join in the fun next year.  

The good news is that you don't have to wait until next year to get started. We already have several books from the new reading list for 2013-2014 available for checkout. 

Have you read Postcards from Camp yet?

Find a copy in the bluebonnet section of the library.

I hope you had a wonderful Winter Break. I loved spending time with my family and enjoying lots of wonderful books. 

One of the books I read was Ungifted by Gordon Korman. The main character is Donovan Curtis, an average student and prankster who attends Hardcastle Middle School. First, Donovan mocks the basketball team over the PA system, then he whacks his school's statue of Atlas with a stick and knocks the world loose. The world rolls down the hill where it damages the gymnasium. The superintendent catches Donovan in the act and marches him to his office where the superintendent scribbles down Donovan's name on a piece of paper he finds on his cluttered desk. The piece of paper turns out to be a list of new candidates for the gifted program at the Academy for Scholastic Distinction. When the superintendent returns to his office to call the boy's parents, the paper is gone and he cannot remember Donovan's name only the name of the school he attends. Can Donovan convince the teachers at his new school that he is gifted? Otherwise Donovan will be sent back to Hardcastle Middle School where he is sure to be found by the superintendent. 

Six Flags Read to Succeed Program

Robertson students have the opportunity to participate in the Six Flags Read to Succeed Program. Each student who reads for 6 hours and completes the log below by February 22, 2013, will earn a free ticket for Six Flags over Texas in Arlington. 

*Children may read books, magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Reading for homework or a class assignment does not count.

* Kids may read silently, aloud, or with an adult. 

*The completed reading form are due February 22, 2013. Late entries will not be accepted. 

ROBERTSON 2X2 CONTEST                                                Students in kindergarten through second grade are challenged to read all twenty books on the 2x2 book list. These books are chosen from librarians all over Texas who feel they are great titles for primary children to read. Students who listen or read all twenty of the 2x2 books, fill in the boot, and return it to the library will get a surprise. A form like the one below was sent home with students. If you need another form, feel free to click on the one below and print it off.

Do you see the white cards on the front of the 2x2 books? These are activity cards for you to do with your child to make reading them together even more fun.

Don't Forget, 

God Bless Our Troops

I picked up this gem last week during book fair. Written by our Second Lady, who draws on her own experiences of having a son deployed to Iraq. She reminds us that it is not just members of the military that serve this country, but their whole families. She shares simple acts of kindness that were shown to her family while her son was away such as people praying, writing notes of encouragement, and help with occasional tasks. The book ends with a call to serve. How will you support those who risk their lives so that we can have freedom?