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Read-Aloud Suggestions

By the TBA Activities Sub-committee:  Lori Alexander, Dorcas Hand, and Bethe Lehman

Click on the links above to learn more about the current Bluebonnet books.

Birdsall, Jeanne. 2008. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Birney, Betty G. 2008. Surprises According to Humphrey. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Bishop, Nic. 2008. Nic Bishop Frogs. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Illustrated by Michael Austin. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

        Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina una cucarachita muy linda:
        Un Cuento Cubano. Illustrated by Michael Austin.

Feldman, Jody. 2008. The Gollywhopper Games. New York: Greenwillow Books.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Flaherty, A.W. 2007. The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating. Illustrated by Scott Magoon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Holt, Kimberly Willis. 2007. Piper Reed: Navy Brat. New York: Henry Holt and Company.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Kerley, Barbara. 2008. What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic Press.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Law, Ingrid. 2008. Savvy. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Look, Lenore. 2008. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. New York: Swartz & Wade Books.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Lupica, Mike. 2007. Two-Minute Drill. New York: Philomel Books.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Mora, Pat. 2007. ¡Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: America’s Sproutings. Illustrated by Rafael Lόpez. New York: Lee & Low Books Inc.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Neff, Henry H. 2007. The Hound of Rowan. New York: Random House Books.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Nelson, Kadir. 2008. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. New York: Jump At the Sun, Hyperion.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Rappaport, Doreen. 2008. Lady Liberty: A Biography. Illustrated by Matt Tavares. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Schulman, Janet. 2008. Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City. Illustrated by Meilo So. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Speck, Katie. 2007. Maybelle in the Soup. New York: Henry Holt and Company.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Spinelli, Eileen. 2007. Where I Live. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. 2008. Help Me, Mr. Mutt! New York: Harcourt, Inc.  REVIEWS  ADVISORY

Wolf, Joan M. 2007. Someone Named Eva. New York: Clarion. Hardcover