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The Texas Bluebonnet Award Reading List

2008/09 list | 2007/08 list | 2006/07 list | past winners

The Texas Bluebonnet Award reading program encourages Texas children to read more books, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books. The award process provides librarians, teachers, parents, and writers with insight into young students' reading preferences. It further affords an opportunity to honor and encourage imaginative authors who create books with high appeal to children.

Past Award Winners

2007 Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma Joe Hayes (Cinco Puntos Press) J FIC Hay Spa Eng
2006 Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Mark Siegel (New York: Richard Jackson/Atheneum) E FIC Whe
2005 Togo Robert J. Blake (Philomel Books) E FIC Bla
2004 Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy Phil Bildner, illustrated by C. F. Payne (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) E FIC Bil
2003 The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring Ruth Sanderson (Little, Brown and Company) E 398.209 Sa
2002 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) J FIC Dic
2001 Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (Harcourt Brace) E FIC Ste
2000 The Ghost of Fossil Glen Cynthia DeFelice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Y M Def
1999 Verdi Janell Cannon (Harcourt Brace) E FIC Can
1998 Tornado Betsy Byars (HarperCollins) J FIC Bya
1997 Math Curse Jon Scieszka (Viking) J FIC Sci
1996 Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books) Y FIC Hah
1995 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka (Viking) E SS Sci
1994 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum) Y FIC Nay
1993 The Houdini Box Brian Selznick (Knopf) J FIC Sel
1992 Snot Stew Bill Wallace (Holiday House) J FIC Wal
1991 Aliens for Breakfast Jonathan Etra & Stephanie Spinner (Random House) J FIC Etr
1990 There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom Louis Sachar (Knopf) Y FIC Sac
1989 Wait 'Til Helen Comes Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books) Y FIC Hah
1988 Christina's Ghost Betty Ren Wright (Holiday House) J M Wri
1987 The Hot and Cold Summer Johanna Hurwitz (Morrow) J FIC Hur
1986 The Dollhouse Murders Betty Ren Wright (Holiday House) Y M Wri
1985 Skinnybones Barbara Park (Knopf) J FIC Par
1984 Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements (Viking Press) J FIC Dec
1983 A Dog Called Kitty Bill Wallace (Holiday House) J FIC Wal
1982 Superfudge Judy Blume (Dutton) J FIC Blu
1981 Ramona and Her Father Beverly Cleary (Morrow) J FIC Cle

For more information about this award visit the Texas Bluebonnet Award Web page.


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