I just got back from the Missouri Readers Awards Banquet and I am so excited! I got to find out who won the Mark Twain Award and the Show-Me Award. The evening started with the presentation of awards to last year’s award winners, so I got to see Lola Schaefer accept her award. She said to tell all of you that she enjoyed her visit to our school very much. After they presented her award, we got to eat our dinner. We had chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans…. What? You don’t want to hear about what I had for dinner? Oh yeah! I bet you just want to know who won the awards. 
Ok, here’s what you’ve been waiting for (drum roll please…)!
Remember, when our Branson Elementary voters had their voting party in March, they selected Lightning Thief as their favorite book. Let’s see what the state thought:
2008 Mark Twain Award
3rd place – Cryptid Hunters (2829 votes)
2nd place – Double Identity (2849 votes)
1st place – Lightning Thief (5575 votes)
Way to go Branson voters! You helped pick the winning book!
Here are the Show-Me Award results:
2008 Show-Me Award
3rd place – The Great Fuzz Frenzy (14,806 votes)
2nd place – Police Cat (16,902 votes)
1st place - Magnus at the Fire (18,886 votes)
If you haven’t read these great stories yet, be sure to check them out!
So, what do you think of the results of the contest? Do you agree with the choices? Why or why not?
See you when I get back Wednesday!
Mrs. Matzat
i loved the book magnus at the fire because i own 9 horses
Dear Mrs.Matzat
How is your summer going so far. I can’t belive that school is almost here. I can’t wait to go to the library and check out alot of good books. I hope I can come backand write some more later.
See You Soon,
CHRIS
I don’t get why you said we didn’t want to know about what you ate for dinner! That must have been a very good dinner. I’m jealous.:)