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Reading Rainbow 2008 Contest

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KLRU is proud to have presented the Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. This local competition encouraged children in kindergarten through third grade to create their own original picture books.

After reading 170 books submitted by the children of Central Texas, KLRU will be judging for first, second and third place winners in Kindergarten through Third grade. The first place winners in each grade will then go on to the national contest. Each child who entered the contest will be awarded with a certificate signed by Lavar Burton.

The Reading Rainbow's Young Writers & Illustrators Contest is meant to be fun -- and a chance for children to express themselves and be recognized for their creative efforts.

We will be celebrating our local winners in a wonderful ceremony in May.

National prizes include – laptops (Grand Prize), flat panel TVs + DVDs (Second Place), MP3 players (Third Place).
Local prizes include– DVDs, books and Reading Rainbow backpacks.

KLRU's 2008 Local Winners

1st Place Winners
Kindergarten Abby Sitton The Princess Who Loved Mud homeschooled Pflugerville, TX	1st Grade Audrie Roeder Polka Dot Pals homeschooled Pflugerville, TX	2nd Grade Kira Chambers Let's Play Princess homeschooled Austin, TX	3rd Grade Lyndi Tsering Addie Kate Meets the Aliens homeschooled Georgetown, TX
2nd Place Winners
Kindergarten Joshua Ecton My Trip Pattton Elem. Austin ISD	1st Grade Hannah Bludau Life With a Little Brother Lakeway Elem. Lake Travis ISD	See Below	3rd Grade Sai Sameer Pusapaty Can It Be True? Pond Springs Elementary Round Rock ISD
2nd Place Tied Winners
2nd Grade Tejal Kulkarni ZOOOOM! Brushy Creek Elementary Round Rock ISD	2nd Grade Viktoria Haide The Night of Numbers Hill Elementary Austin ISD	2nd Grade John Oertel The Fox and the Roadrunner Bee Cave Elementary Lake Travis ISD
3rd Place Winners
Kindergarten Kirstina Porter My Friend Bear Pflugerville Elem. Pflugerville ISD	1st Grade Zach Davis Bonse The Dinosore Lakeway Elem. Lake Travis ISD		3rd Grade Kaitlyn Arvensen Tenor's Dream LBJ Elementary Johnson City ISD
Honorable Mention
1st Grade Makayla Arvesen A Problem in Numberland LBJ Elem. Johnson City ISD	3rd Grade Samantha Zavala Farewell Cocoa homeschooled Pflugerville, TX
(2007 winners)