LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 1986-1987

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
1986-1987

The Hot and Cold Summer by Johanna Hurwitz; Gail Owens (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688027469
Publication Date: 1984-04-24
Two inseparable ten-year-old boys discover there is room in their friendship for another person and it really doesn't matter that she is a girl.

Baby-SItting is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts | Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop
Blair's Nightmare by Zilpha K. Snyder | Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble
Inside Turtle's Shell and Other Poems of the Fields by Joanne Ryder

Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts
Call Number: J-Fiction RO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689311000
Publication Date: 1985-03-01
A baby sitter and her three willful charges make a formidable team to outwit their surprised kidnappers.

Belinda's Hurricane by Elizabeth Winthrop; Wendy Watson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction WI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525441069
Publication Date: 1984-10-15
While waiting out a fierce hurricane in her grandmother's house on Fox Island, Belinda has a chance to get to know her grandmother's reclusive neighbor Mr. Fletcher.

Blair's Nightmare by Zilpha K. Snyder
Call Number: J-Fiction SN (Juvenile Fiction)
Publication Date: 1985
With five children, a raven, and a pet turkey named King Tut, the Stanley house is full-to-bursting. But David desperately wants a dog—even though his dad has forbidden another pet. So when Blair begins sleepwalking and having dreams of an enormous dog that comes to the house every night, David assumes Blair just wants a dog too. But what if Blair’s Nightmare, as the kids quickly name the dog, isn’t only a dream? Is Nightmare the dog they’ve always wanted? And how can the kids keep him—without letting their parents know?

Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble
Call Number: Easy GO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0027377202
Publication Date: 1984-03-01
A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches by Janice Lee Smith | The Man Who Could Call Down Owls by Eve Bunting
Night Dive by Ann McGovern | One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox | Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary

One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox; Irene Trivas (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction FO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780027355406
Publication Date: 1984-10-01
An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility for it.

Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary; Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction CL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688037857
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
Ramona Forever [CD] by Beverly Cleary
Call Number: J-CD Fiction CL (Juvenile CD Audiobooks)
Publication Date: 2003

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan | Sarah, Sissy Weed and Ships of the Desert by Paula G. Paul
Surprises by Lee Bennett Hopkins | Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Call Number: J-Fiction MA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060241018
Publication Date: 1985-05-15
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
Sarah, Plain and Tall [CD] by Patricia MacLachlan; Glenn Close (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction MA (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9780694526024
Publication Date: 2001-10-09
Sarah, Plain and Tall [OverDrive Audiobook] by Patricia MacLachlan; Glenn Close (Read by)
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9780061802157
Publication Date: 2008-11-18

Us and Uncle Fraud by Lois Lowry | When You Fight the Tiger by Joan Hewett | Where Pirates Are by Tom Townsend
Will the Real Gertrude Hollings Please Stand Up by Sheila Greewald | Wreck of the Zephyr by Christ Van Allsburg

Us and Uncle Fraud by Lowry Lois
Call Number: J-Fiction LO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395366332
Publication Date: 1984-10-29
Mysterious things begin to happen after Uncle Claude comes to stay with his sister's family. Is Uncle Claude a thief, an imposter, or just a dream weaver?.

When You Fight the Tiger by Joan Hewett; Richard Hewett (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-636 HEW (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780316359566
Publication Date: 1984-09-01
Text and photographs introduce the work done at a California ranch, Gentle Jungle, in raising and training wild animals for movie and television work, focusing on sixteen-year-old Tana Helfer, daughter of the owners, who has worked with the animals all her life.

Where the Pirates Are by Tom Townsend
Call Number: J-Fiction TO
Publication Date: 1985
Jem Dundee, in 1842, believes that the map he has found on a half-sunken ship will lead him to Jean Lafitte's pirate treasure.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

The Hot and Cold Summer