Program Participation

Top 5 Reasons to Implement the Bluebonnet Program

1. Engaging Curated Book List: Each year, a committee of librarians selects 20 outstanding books tailored for 3rd-6th graders, ensuring a diverse and high-quality reading experience for students.
2. Student Empowerment: The program encourages students to read at least five books from the list, giving them the exciting opportunity to vote for their favorite. This fosters a sense of ownership and enthusiasm for reading.
3. Comprehensive Free Resources: The Texas Bluebonnet Award program offers a wealth of free resources, including book trailers, readers’ theaters, and a variety of activities and projects. These materials make it easy for librarians to create engaging and educational experiences.
4. Versatile Lesson Planning: With the extensive resources provided, librarians can design lesson plans that span multiple months, integrating the Texas Bluebonnet Award books into their curriculum seamlessly.
5. Community and Collaboration: Participating in the Texas Bluebonnet Award program connects your library to a larger community of educators and students across Texas, fostering collaboration and sharing of ideas and experiences.

Vote Now

About the New TBA Voting System:

• The new voting system is an individualized voting-based system requiring one payment per virtual voting form submitted. There is no pre-registration.
• The librarian will first input their students’ votes then they will pay after they hit submit.
• The new system will be open from September 2024 until January 21, 2025.

Students may vote online using the Google Form template or using our traditional paper ballot. If you use the paper ballots, you must prepare one for each student. Here is a tally sheet to compile your votes.

Are you ready to submit your students votes?

•  Librarians can utilize the Google Form template to collect student/patron votes or you can utilize a paper ballot to collect their votes. Once you have collected all the participating student/patron votes you then can submit them into the voting site.
• Librarians will click the “vote now” button on this page (it will be live in September).log into their TLA account (if they you not a member you will create an account).
• Librarians will type in the tallied votes for each book, then when you hit submit you will pay with a credit card.
• Once the librarian has paid $20, the votes will be officially submitted.
• Librarians will receive an emailed receipt which will act as confirmation of the vote.