LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 1989-1990

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Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
1989-1990

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar; Mina Greenstein (Designed by)
Call Number: J-Fiction SA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0394885708
Publication Date: 1987-05-12
An unmanageable but lovable eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

All New Jonah Twist by Natalie Honeycutt | The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady by Betsy Byars | Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla
Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty | A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon

The All New Jonah Twist by Natalie Honeycutt
Call Number: J-Fiction HO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0027448401
Publication Date: 1986-04-01
Jonah's efforts to survive the third grade are complicated by the new boy in class, who has the potential for either becoming a friend or beating him up.

The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady by Betsy Byars; Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction BY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780385294850
Publication Date: 1986-09-01
When Junior accidentally gets caught in his own coyote trap deep in the woods, he is rescued by the reclusive woman known as Mad Mary and begins an unforgettable adventure.

The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla; Thomas B. Allen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0394991028
Publication Date: 1987-11-12
Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.

Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty
Call Number: J-Fiction BE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0688066879
Publication Date: 1987-10-01
During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman.

A Family Apart (The Orphan Train adventures #1) by Joan Lowery Nixon
Call Number: J-Fiction NI v.1 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0553054325
Publication Date: 1987-09-01
When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.

Gold Cadilla by Mildred D. Taylor | Good-bye, My Wishing Star by Vicki Grove | Grandaddy's Place by Helen V. Griffith
Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick by Kate McMullan | Herbie Jones and the Class Gift by Suzy Kline

The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D. Taylor; Michael Hays (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv F TAY L7 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803703421
Publication Date: 1987-03-30
Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car; only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of the color of their skin.

Grandaddy's Place by Helen V. Griffith; James Stevenson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy GR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0688062539
Publication Date: 1987-08-01
At first Janetta does not like Grandaddy, his farm, or his animals--but they like her, and as she gets used to them, she likes them too.

The Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick by Kate McMullan; Diane deGroat (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0803703171
Publication Date: 1986-10-30
In a series of episodes, fifth grader Lila Fenwick has some truly amazing "Great Ideas" that get her out of and into all kinds of trouble.

I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor | Indian Chiefs by Russell Fredman
Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman | A More Perfect Union by Betsy Maestro | Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor; Peter Parnall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0684185792
Publication Date: 1986-06-30
A dweller in the desert celebrates a triple rainbow, a chance encounter with a coyote, and other wonders of the wilderness.

Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman (Photographer)
Call Number: Juv 970 FRE (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780823406258
Publication Date: 1987-03-01
Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.

Joyful Noise : poems for two voices by Paul Fleischman; Eric Beddows (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-811.54 FLE (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060218522
Publication Date: 1988-03-01
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.
Joyful Noise [CD] : I Am Phoenix : poems for two voices by Paul Fleischman; Melissa Hughes (Performed by); Scott Snively (Performed by)
Call Number: J-CD Nonfiction FL (Juvenile Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9781883332709
Publication Date: 2001-01-01

A More Perfect Union : the story of our Constitution by Betsy Maestro; Giulio Maestro (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy MAE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688068400
Publication Date: 1987-08-13
Describes how the Constitution was drafted and ratified.

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen; John Schoenherr (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy YOL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399214578
Publication Date: 1987-10-23
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall | Rabble Starkey by Lois Lowry
Scaly Babies : Reptiles Growing Up by Ginny Johnston and Judy Cutchins | Three Dog Winter by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

The Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SEW (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689312502
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Chronicles, in text and illustrations, the day-to-day life of the early Pilgrims in the Plimouth Colony.

Scaly Babies : reptiles growing up by Ginny Johnston; Judy Cutchins
Call Number: J-597.9 JOH (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780688073053
Publication Date: 1988-04-01
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of a variety of baby reptiles as they struggle to survive and grow to adulthood.

Three Dog Winter by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Call Number: J-Fiction VA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0802767184
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
The world of sled dog racing in northern Montana forms the background for a twelve-year-old boy's adjustment to his father's death, his mother's remarriage, and the integration of two families into one.

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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

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