LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 1995-1996

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
1995-1996

Time for Andrew : a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0395665566
Publication Date: 1994-03-21
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause | Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer
Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson | Big Bug Book by Margery Facklam | Bigger by Patricia Calvert

Alien Secrets by Annette Curtis Klause
Call Number: J-Fiction KL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0385309287
Publication Date: 1993-08-01
On her journey to the distant planet where her parents are working, twelve-year-old Puck befriends a troubled alien and becomes involved in a dangerous mystery.

The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Call Number: J-Fiction RO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0060230436
Publication Date: 1994-08-25
The six horrible Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year.

Bigger by Patricia Calvert
Call Number: J-Fiction CA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0684196859
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
When his father disappears near the Mexican border at the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Tyler decides to go after him and bring him home, acquiring on the journey a strange dog which he names Bigger.

Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars | Face in Bessledorf Funeral Parlor by Phyllis Rreynolds Naylor
Hero of Bremen by Margareet Hodges | Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum | Jim-Dandy by Hadley Irwin

The Dark Stairs : a Herculeah Jones mystery by Betsy Byars
Call Number: J-Fiction BY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0670854875
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.

The Face in the Bessledorf Funeral Parlor by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Call Number: J-Fiction NA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689318022
Publication Date: 1993-09-30
Convinced that the strange things happening at the funeral parlor next door to his family's hotel are somehow connected to a recent robbery, Bernie determines to become famous by proving his theory and catching the thief.

Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns by Mary Quattlebaum; Melodye Rosales (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction QU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0385311656
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
When his mother gives him a garden plot for his tenth birthday, Jackson Jones hopes to earn enough money to buy a basketball, but all he seems to get is trouble.

Jim Dandy by Hadley Irwin
Call Number: J-Fiction IR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689505949
Publication Date: 1994-05-01
Living after the Civil War on a Kansas homestead with his stern stepfather, 13-year-old Caleb raises a beloved colt.

Mummies & Their Mysteries by Charlotte WIlcox
Piñata Maker/El Piñatero by George Ancona | Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art by Philip M. Isaacson
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan | Smoky Night by Eve Bunting

Mummies and Their Mysteries by Charlotte Wilcox; Sylvia Whitman
Call Number: J-393.3 WIL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780876147672
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Discusses mummies found around the world, including Peru, Denmark, and the Italian Alps, and explains how studying them provides clues to past ways of life.

A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art by Philip M. Isaacson
Call Number: J700 ISA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780679815235
Publication Date: 1993-09-07
Introduces tangible and abstract components of art, and the many forms art can take including sculpture, pottery, painting, photographs, and even furniture and cities.

Skylark by Patricia Maclachlan
Call Number: J-Fiction MA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0060233338
Publication Date: 1994-04-19
When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.

Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152699543
Publication Date: 1994-03-31
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others.

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson | Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell | Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson; James Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780679823117
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.

Uncle Jed's Barber Shop by Margaree King Mitchell; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XMI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780671769697
Publication Date: 1993-08-01
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only Black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop.

The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler; Fred Marcellino (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction SE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 006205032X
Publication Date: 1993-09-01
The fields and woods of Wainscott are home to all sorts of creatures, but none are more remarkable than the weasels.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Time for Andrew : a ghost story