Texas Bluebonnet Award Reading Program

Grades 3 through 6

The Texas Bluebonnet Award Reading Program is run by the Texas Library Association. Each year the selection committee takes suggestions from students, teachers, parents, and librarians from around the state of Texas to help create the master list of twenty books. This list serves as the nomination list for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Schools register to promote the books on the master list through fun activities with grades three through six. Students in these grades that have read, or have heard read aloud, at least five books from the list are eligible to vote on their favorite. Voting takes place at the end of January, and the award winner is announced at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference in April. 
Green Elementary students in 3rd through 6th grade are eligible to participate in this optional reading program. The librarian will review the program several times during library time between March 2024 and January 2025. Students are responsible for tracking which books from this year’s list they have read and submitting a form for each completed book. Students can check in at any time to see how many forms have been received by the librarian.

Students who read five or more books will be eligible to vote during library time in January 2025. Students who read ten or more books will also receive an invitation to the Bluebonnet Breakfast in the Green Library.

Download a Bookmark

The digital library below includes links to book trailers for each of the 20 books on this year's list. Parents and students can use the book trailers to decide which 2024-2025 Bluebonnet books are right for them. Just click on the books on the shelf to see the book trailers. Below the shelves are links for Directions and the Reading Response form required for each book read.

2024-2025 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

  1. Odder. Applegate, Katherine.

  2. Something Like Home. Arango, Andrea Beatriz.

  3. Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better. Armand, Glenda, and Kim Freeman; illustrated by Keith Mallet.

  4. Caves. Beckerman, Nell Cross.

  5. Two Tribes. Bowen Cohen, Emily.

  6. Daybreak on Raven Island. Bradley, Fleur.

  7. The Cursed Moon. Cervantes, Angela.

  8. Shermy and Shake, the Not So Nice Neighbor. Larson, Kirby.

  9. Ketanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U. S. Supreme Court. Magoon, Kekla.

  10. New Dragon City. Mancusi, Mari.

  11. You Are Here Connecting Flights. Oh, Ellen, editor.

  12. The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn. Pla, Sally J.

  13. The Mystery of the Monarchs Rosenstock, Barb.

  14. How to Stay Invisible. Rudd, Maggie C.

  15. Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter. Salazar, Aida.

  16. The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1). Soontornvat, Christina.

  17. Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport. Stelson, Caren.

  18. The Ghost of Spruce Point. Tandon, Nancy.

  19. A Rover’s Story. Warga, Jasmine.

  20. Yuck, You Suck! Poems about Animals That SIP, SLURP, SUCK. Yolen, Jane and Heidi E.Y. Stemple.