2015-2016 Missouri Reader Awards

Missouri's Show Me Award and Mark Twain Award winners were announced tonight!

Lots and lots of Old Bonhomme 1st-3rd graders will be thrilled to hear that Trouper by Meg Kearney won the Show Me Award!

  

Old Bonhomme fourth graders read and voted for their favorite Mark Twain nominee.  In fact, seven fourth graders read all 12 nominees this year!  Those students have been recognized as distinguished readers in the fourth grade hallway.  Make sure to take a peek at their posters before the end of the school year!

This year's Mark Twain Award winner is Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein.  So many of our fourth graders enjoyed this book that I had to buy extra copies for the library to keep up with demand!  If your student was one that loved this book, encourage him/her to try the sequel, Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics.

Casting Our Votes for the Reader Awards

Students vote for the Show Me Nominee
of their choice using stickers

We've all seen the campaign commercials and heard the sound bites on the news.  It's election season and no one can avoid it.  Luckily, election season here at the Old Bonhomme library isn't quite as intense as it is at the national level!

First graders voting

This week, students all across Missouri will participate in voting for their favorite Show Me Reader and Mark Twain Nominee.  First through third graders are voting for their favorite picture book while fourth graders who have read at least four of the nominated chapter books are eligible to cast their vote.  I'll be making posters of the six fourth graders who read all 12 Mark Twain Nominees.  The posters will hang in the fourth grade hallway and the kids will get to take them home at the end of the school year.  It's an exciting way to celebrate this huge accomplishment!  

Mark Twain Nominees

During dinner one night this week, ask your student what book he/she voted for and why.  Election results will be announced Monday, April 29th and I'll be sure to post the winners!