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Texas Bluebonnet Award

All Texas Bluebonnet Award Books are available at the Llano Library and the Kingsland Library -- Check it out!

2005 - 2006Bluebonnet Award Winner

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring

by Ruth Sanderson

available @ Llano Library & Kingsland Library

2006 - 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits,
                             and a Very Interesting Boy
Byers, Betsy. The SOS File
Carolyn Coman.  The Big House
Susan Cooper.  The Magician's Boy
Sid Fleischman.  The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore
John Frank.  The Toughest Cowboy
Maya Gottfried.  Good Dog
Joe Hayes.  Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma
Elizabeth Starr Hill.  Wildfire!
Donna Jackson.  In Your Face: Facts About Your Face
R.L. LaFevers.  The Forging of the Blade
Alice McGill.  Sure As Sunrise: Stories of Bruth Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends
Linda Sue Park.  Project Mulberry
Rick Riordan.  The Lightning Thief
Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhert.  Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs
Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel.  Mosquito Bite
Sarah Weeks.  So B It: A Novel
Andrea White.  Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083
Deborah Wiles.  Each Little Bird That Sings
Paula Yoo.  Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story   

2003 - 2004 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Alvarez, Julia. How Tia Lola Came To Stay
Bildner, Phil. Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy
 

2003 - 2004 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Alvarez, Julia. How Tia Lola Came To Stay
Bildner, Phil. Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy
Burleigh, Robert. Chocolate: Riches From the Rainforest
Fritz, Jean. Leonardo's Horse
George, Kristine O'Connell. Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
Giff, Patricia Reilly. All the Way Home
Hayes, Joe. Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie
Hearne, Betsy. Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Peices: A Year in Poems & Quilts
Landau, Elaine. Smokejumpers
Macy, Sue. Bull's-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley
McKissack, Patricia. Goin' Someplace Special
Morrison, Taylor. The Buffalo Nickel
Park, Linda Sue. The Kite Fighters
Peck, Richard. Fair Weather
Raven, Margot Theis. Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Robinet, Harriette Gillem. Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
Ryan, Pam Munoz. When Marion Sang
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Flipped
Wells, Rosemary. Wingwalker

Avi. Ereth's Birthday
Barasch, Lynne.   Radio Rescue
Bonners, Susan.  Edwina Victorious
Borden, Louise.   Fly High: The Story of Bessie Coleman
Clements, Andrew.  The School Story
Creech, Sharon.   Love That Dog
Deedy, Carmen Agra.   The Yellow Star
Facklam, Margery.   Spiders and Their Web Sites
Hill, Kirkpatrick.   The Year of Miss Agnes
Kerley, Barbara.  The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
LaMarche, Jim.  The Raft
Nagda, Ann Whitehead.  Dear Whiskers
Park, Barbara.  The Graduation of Jake Moon
Ryan, Pam Munoz.  Esperanza Rising
Sanderson, Ruth.   The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
Stanley, Diane.  The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine
Stevens, Janet.   And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
Tanaka, Shelley.   Attack on Pearl Harbor
Woodson, Jacqueline.   The Other Side
Yep, Laurence.   Cockroach Cooties
                                                   

2001 - 2002 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Borden, Louise.  Good Luck, Mrs. K.!  
Bridges, Ruby.  Through My Eyes  
Carlson, Laurie M.  Boss of the Plains:  The Hat That Won The West   
Clements, Andrew.  The Landry News
Climo, Shirley.  The Persian Cinderella
Curtis, Christopher Paul.  Bud, Not Buddy 
DiCamillo, Kate.  Because of Winn-Dixie
George, Jean Craighead.  How to Talk to Your Dog
Giff, Patricia Reilly.  Nory Ryan’s Song
Herrera, Juan Felipe.  The Upside Down Boy / El Nino de cabeza
Holt, Kimberly Willis.  When Zachary Beaver Came to Town  
Lewis, Maggie.  Morgy Makes His Move 
Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin.  The Doll People
Park, Linda Sue.  Seesaw Girl
Rupp, Rebecca.  The Dragon of Lonely Island
Schertle, Alice.  A Lucky Thing
Selznick, Brian.  The Boy of a Thousand Faces
St. George, Judith.  So You Want to be President 
Vaughan, Marcia.  Abbie Against the Storm:  The True Story of a Young Heroine and a                                            Lighthouse
White,  Linda Arms.  Comes A Wind

2000-2001 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Aliki. William Shakespeare and the Globe
Bonners, Susan. The Silver Balloon
Burleigh, Robert. Home Run. Harcourt Brace
Coleman, Evelyn. The Riches of Oseola McCarty
Corpi, Lucha. Where Fireflies Dance
Cullen, Lynn. The Mightiest Heart
dePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue
Fleischman, Paul. Weslandia
Fletcher, Ralph. Flying Solo
Holt, Kimberly Willis. Mister and Me
Igus, Toyomi. I See the Rhythm
Jenkins, Steve. The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest
Kehret, Peg. Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
Lourie, Peter. Rio Grande, From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico
McCully, Emily Arnold. An Outlaw Thanksgiving
Montgomery, Sy. The Snake Scientist
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Riding Freedom
Stevens, Janet, and Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!  
Weeks, Sarah. Regular Guy. HarperCollins
Wells, Rosemary. Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories

1999-2000 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

Auch, Mary Jane. I was a Third Grade Science Project.  Holiday House, 1998.
Blake, Robert J. Akiak, a Tale from the Iditarod.  Philomel, 1997.
Burandt, Harriett, and Shelley Dale. Tales from the Homeplace.  Holt, 1997.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen.  Farrer, Straus & Giroux, 1998.
Florian, Douglas. Insectlopedia.  Harcourt Brace, 1998.
Gutman, Dan. Honus and Me. Avon, 1997.
Hampton, Wilborn. Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns.  Candlewick, 1997.
Huynh Quang Nhuong. Water Buffalo Days.  HarperCollins, 1997.
Jackson, Ellen. Turn of the Century. Charlesbridge, 1998.
Karr, Kathleen. The Great Turkey Walk.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998.
Lasky, Kathryn. Marven of the Great North Woods.  Harcourt Brace, 1997.
Mora, Pat. Tomas and the Library Lady.  Knopf,1997. (Available in English and Spanish)
Paulsen, Gary. My Life in Dog Years.  Delacorte, 1998.
San Souci, Robert D. A Weave of Words. Orchard, 1998.
Siebold, Jan.   Rope Burn.  Whitman, 1998.
Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw. Love From Your Friend, Hannah.  DK Publishing,1998.
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. Gib Rides Home.  Delacorte, 1998.
Stanley, Diane. Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. Morrow, 1997.
Steptoe, Javaka. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall; African Americans Celebrating Fathers.  Lee and Low, 1997.
Wilson, Nancy Hope. Old People, Frogs, and Albert.  Farrer, Straus & Giroux, 1997.

Previous Texas Bluebonnet Award Winners

1981 Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary

1982 Superfudge by Judy Blume

1983 A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace

1984 Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements

1985 Skinnybones by Barbara Park

1986 The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

1987 The Hot and Cold Summer by Johanna Hurwitz

1988 Christina's Ghost by Betty Ren Wright

1989 Wait 'Til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

1990 There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar

1991 Aliens for Breakfast by Jonathan Etra & Stephanie Spinner

1992 Snot Stew by Bill Wallace

1993 The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick

1994 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1995 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

1996 Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

1997 Math Curse by Jon Scieszka

1998 Tornado by Betsy Byars
1999 Verdi by Janell Cannon
2000 The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice

 

Texas Lone Star Reading List

Check out this special collection
of books geared toward Jr. High students.

        2003/2004 Lone Star Reading List

• Avi. Crispin: Cross of Lead
• Baskin, Nora Raleigh. What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows
• Bell, Hilari. A Matterof Profit
• Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl
• Clements, Andrew. Things Not Seen
• Cooney, Caroline. Goddess of Yesterday
• Couloumbis, Audrey. Say Yes
• Dodd, Quentin. Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars
• Eberhardt, Thom. Rat Boys: A Dating Experience
• Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot
• Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank
• Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon
• Layne, Steven L. This Side of Paradise
• Lubar, David. Dunk
• Nickerson, Sara. How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
• Rallison, Janette. Playing the Field
• Schmidt, Gary D. Straw into Gold
• Shaw, Susan. Black-Eyed Suzie
• Sones, Sonya. What My Mother Doesn't Know
• Tingle, Rebecca. The Edge on the Sword

2002 - 2003 Tayshas
High School Reading List

indicates in Llano Library 

"Tayshas" takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning "friends or allies".
Written texas, texios, tejas, teyas, or tayshas, the word was applied to the Caddos by
the Spanish in eastern Texas, who regarded them as friends and allies against

• Alphin, Elaine. Simon Says
• Alten, Steve. Domain
• Ansary. Tamin. West of Kabul, East of New York
• Appelt, Kathi. Poems from Homeroom: A Writer's Place to Start
• Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten Fire
• Baldacci, David. Last Man Standing
• Bechard, Margaret. Hanging On to Max
• Bekoff, Marc. The Smile of the Dolphin
• Bragg, Rick. Ava's Man
• Brooks, Bruce. Dolores: Seve Stories About Her
• Coben, Harlan, Tell No One
• Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread
• Cross, Gillian. Phoning a Dead Man
• Dean, Carolee. Comfort
• Dessen, Sarah. This Lullaby: A Novel
• Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
• Elliott, L.M. Under a War-Torn Sky
• Fama, Elizabeth. Overboard
• Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion
• Ferris, Jean. Eight Seconds
• Fisher, Antwone Quenton. Finding Fish: A Memoir
• Flinn, Alex. Breaking Point
• Frank, E.R. America
• Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life
• Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass
• Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade
• Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin's Island
• Hearn, Lian. Across the Nightingale Floor
• Hobbs, Valerie. Tender
• Hughes, Dean. Soldier Boys
• Ingold, Jeanette. The Big Burn
• Jenkins, A.M. Damage
• Kerr, M.E. Slap Your Sides
• King, Daniel. Chess: From First Moves to Checkmate
• Koja, Kathe. Straydog
• Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob
• Latifa. My Forbidden Face
• Lawrence, Iain. The Lightkeeper's Daughter
• Martel, Yann. Life of Pi
• Mastoon, Adam. The Shared Heart: Portraits and Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young People
• McCormick, Patrick. Cut
• Nam, Vickie, ed. YELL-Oh Girls: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity and Growing up Asian American
• Nolan, Han. Born Blue
• Nye, Naomi, Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle
• Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl
• O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer. My Life and Death by Alexandria Carnarsi
• Palmer, Michael. Fatal
• The Nature of Frogs: Amphibians with Attitude
• Powell, Randy. Three Clams and an Oyster
• Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys
• Sebold, Alice. Lovely Bones
• Vecchione, Patrice. Truth and Lies: An Anthology of Poems
• Wilhelm, Kate. Desperate Measures
• Williams, Lori Aurelia. Shala's Double Brown Baby Blues
• Wittlinger, Ellen. The Long Night of Leo and Bree
• Wittlinger, Ellen. Razzle
• Young, Cathy, ed. One Hot Second