Kentucky Bluegrass Awards (Kindergarten - Grade 3)
Camden Station participates annually in the Award for the Best Book as Chosen by the Students of Kentucky
The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is a student choice program. The KBA promotes and encourages Kentucky students in kindergarten through grade 3 to
read a variety of quality literature.
2014 K-3 Bluegrass Award List
And Then It's Spring / Julie Fogliano; Erin E. Stead, ill. Roaring Brook Press, 2012. Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building / Christy Hale. Lee & Low Books Inc., 2012. A collection of concrete poetry, illustrations, and photographs that shows how young children’s constructions, created as they play, are reflected in notable works of architecture from around the world.
Each Kindness / Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis, ill. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya’s shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs / Mo Willems Balzer & Bray, 2012. Presents the wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding to trap a tasty little girl.
Hornbooks and Inkwells / Verla Kay; S. D. Schindler, ill.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. Two brothers spend a year attending a one-room schoolhouse on the frontier.
Looking at Lincoln / Maira Kalman. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. Wanting to know about the real man behind the sixteenth president’s legendary character, a little girl learns about Lincoln’s beliefs regarding universal freedom as well as lesser-known aspects of his life, from his love of Mozart and his wife’s vanilla cake to his pet dog and the way he kept his notes in his stovepipe hat.
Oh, No! / Candace Fleming; Eric Rohman, ill. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2012. A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.
Oh No, George! / Chris Haughton Candlewick Press, 2012. Harboring the best of intentions and trusted by his owner to be a well-behaved dog while alone during the day, George resists the temptation to chase cats and dig up flowers but finds his resolve wavering when he spies a mouthwatering cake on the table.
Penny and Her Doll / Kevin Henkes Greenwillow, 2012. Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge
This Is Not My Hat / Jon Klassen Candlewick Press, 2012. A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.~
2013 KBA Winners
Our K-2 student readers have voted and the winners of the 2013 Kentucky
Bluegrass Awards are:
The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is a student choice program. The KBA promotes and encourages Kentucky students in kindergarten through grade 3 to
read a variety of quality literature.
2014 K-3 Bluegrass Award List
And Then It's Spring / Julie Fogliano; Erin E. Stead, ill. Roaring Brook Press, 2012. Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green.
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building / Christy Hale. Lee & Low Books Inc., 2012. A collection of concrete poetry, illustrations, and photographs that shows how young children’s constructions, created as they play, are reflected in notable works of architecture from around the world.
Each Kindness / Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis, ill. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya’s shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs / Mo Willems Balzer & Bray, 2012. Presents the wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding to trap a tasty little girl.
Hornbooks and Inkwells / Verla Kay; S. D. Schindler, ill.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. Two brothers spend a year attending a one-room schoolhouse on the frontier.
Looking at Lincoln / Maira Kalman. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2012. Wanting to know about the real man behind the sixteenth president’s legendary character, a little girl learns about Lincoln’s beliefs regarding universal freedom as well as lesser-known aspects of his life, from his love of Mozart and his wife’s vanilla cake to his pet dog and the way he kept his notes in his stovepipe hat.
Oh, No! / Candace Fleming; Eric Rohman, ill. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2012. A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.
Oh No, George! / Chris Haughton Candlewick Press, 2012. Harboring the best of intentions and trusted by his owner to be a well-behaved dog while alone during the day, George resists the temptation to chase cats and dig up flowers but finds his resolve wavering when he spies a mouthwatering cake on the table.
Penny and Her Doll / Kevin Henkes Greenwillow, 2012. Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge
This Is Not My Hat / Jon Klassen Candlewick Press, 2012. A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.~
2013 KBA Winners
Our K-2 student readers have voted and the winners of the 2013 Kentucky
Bluegrass Awards are:
- K-2: Pete the Cat:Rocking in My School Shoes
by Eric Litwin; James Dean, ill. -- Harper, 2011.