KHES Library
2015-16 Reading Program
Dr. Kaye Bray
KHES Genre/Bluebonnet Reading Challenge
This year, KHES is holding a Genre/Bluebonnet Reading Challenge, designed to motivate
KHES students to read and to expose students to different book types, or genres.
What Are Genres?
Genres are specific types of writing. Books may even have more than one genre! Some genres
include:
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Adventure: Stories dominated by action, involving danger, risk, and excitement
Fantasy: Stories that have monsters, magic, or characters with super powers
Folklore: Fables, Myths, Tall Tales, Fairy Tales, and Legends
Historical fiction: Fictional stories set around real events or people from history
Mystery: Stories in which a detective, or other professional, solves a crime
Non-fiction: Information that is true, about real things, people, events, and places
(includes biographies and autobiographies)
7. Poetry: Writing concerned with the beauty of language written as poems
8. Realistic fiction: Stories that could be true, but aren’t; have no elements of fantasy
9. Sci-fi: Stories that have aliens, robots, futuristic technology, space ships, etc.
10. Sports: Stories about characters involved in different sports
What Are Bluebonnet Books?
Each year, 20 books are selected by the Texas Library Association (TLA) aimed at students in
grades 3-6. Students in these grades are encouraged to read all 20 books, and those who read a
minimum of five books (and/or have the books read to them) are eligible to vote in the statewide election (at the end of January) for their favorite. The book with the most votes receives the
prestigious Texas Bluebonnet Award! The program started in 1981, which means there are 35
past Bluebonnet winners!! A list of current Bluebonnet nominees is attached. There is also a link
to this list on the KHE library website.
How It Works?
Students will be given their first (bronze) Reading Record sheet in October. Each book read
should be recorded on the READING LOG under the correct reading choice. Remember a book
may be entered only once on the logs, but the books may be obtained from anywhere. And, they
may include e-books. There are three sheets total (bronze, silver, & gold) and students will have
the school year to complete them. Each time a student turns in a sheet, he/she will be given the
next reading log, a special bookmark and a special reading tag.
When Is My Log Due?
All Reading Record sheets must be turned in no later than Friday May 6th. NOTE: Students who
participate must read their books between Oct. 1st and April 30th. The only exception to this is the
list of current Bluebonnet nominees, which may have been read at any time.
When Will Awards Be Distributed?
A Reading Certificate will be given out at the end of the year for students who complete and
turn in at least one sheet. Also, there will be a pizza/refreshments party for those students
who turn in all three sheets!
KHES Library
2015-16 Reading Program
Dr. Kaye Bray
KHES Genre/Bluebonnet Reading Challenge
Grades 3-4
Bronze Sheet (30 books)
5 Current Bluebonnet Nominees
5 Genres (your choice)
5 Poetry
5 Non-Fiction
10 Free Choice
Silver Sheet (60 books)
10 Current Bluebonnet Nominees
10 Genres (your choice)
10 Poetry
10 Non-Fiction
20 Free Choice
Gold Sheet (90 books)
15 Current Bluebonnet Nominees
15 Genres (your choice)
15 Poetry
15 Non-Fiction
30 Free Choice
Note: Each sheet consists of 30 books.
*Bronze Sheet = 30 books (Awarded a bookmark, a “Wild About Reading!” tag, and a
Reading Certificate at end of school year).
*Silver Sheet = 30 books. Together Bronze + Silver = 60 books (Awarded a second
bookmark, a second “Wild About Reading!” tag, and a Reading Certificate at end of
school year).
*Gold Sheet = 30 books. Together Bronze + Silver + Gold = 90 books (Awarded a third
bookmark, a third “Wild About Reading!” tag, and a Reading Certificate at end of school
year). PLUS, students turning in all three sheets will be invited to a pizza/refreshment
party at the end of the school year.
Note: The first reading tag comes with a chain.