LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 1996-1997

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
1996-1997

Math Curse by Jon Scieszka; Lane Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XSC (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780670861941
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.

Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston | Beast Feast by Florian Douglas | Beware of Kissing Lizard Lips by Phyllis Shalant
Birthday Surprises by Johanna Hurwitz | Dandelions by Even Bunting

Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston; Robert Duncan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy JO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0803712197
Publication Date: 1994-06-01
Isolated on her mountain, Amber meets and befriends a girl from the city who gives her the determination to learn to read and write.

Beast Feast by Douglas Florian
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0152951784
Publication Date: 1994-06-06
A collection of humorous poems about such animals as the walrus, anteater, and boa.

Beware of Kissing Lizard Lips by Phyllis Shalant
Call Number: J-Fiction SH (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0525451994
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Zach is small for a sixth grader and the girls at school make fun of him, but when one girl in his class starts showing him some tae kwan do moves and teaching him about martial arts, things begin to change.

Dandelions by Eve Bunting; Greg Shed (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 015200050X
Publication Date: 1995-09-15
Zoe and her family find strength in each other as they make a new home in the Nebraska territory.

Jericho by Janet Hickman | Kate Shelley by Robert D. San Souci | Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park | Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Jericho : a novel by Janet Hickman
Call Number: J-Fiction HI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688133986
Publication Date: 1994-09-15
An account of twelve-year-old Angela's visit to help take care of her great-grandmother alternates with the story of the old woman's life.

Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen; Ming Li (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy YOL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525652144
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern.

Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0679870881
Publication Date: 1995-03-14
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his death in a bicycle accident.

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Call Number: Easy POL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399226717
Publication Date: 1994-09-15
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.

Sand and Fog by Jim Brandenburg | Shape-Changer by Bill Brittain | Sharks by Seymour Simon
Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626 by Gary Bowen | Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs

Sand and Fog : adventures in Southern Africa by Jim Brandenburg
Call Number: J-968.81 BRA (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780802782328
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
A photo-essay which describes the thick fog which enshrouds the dunes of the Namib desert from time to time.

Sharks by Seymour Simon
Call Number: J-597.3 SIM (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780060230296
Publication Date: 1995-08-04
A photoessay describing the habits and characteristics of sharks.

Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626 by Gary Bowen (Illustrator); David B. Hawke (Introduction by)
Call Number: J-973.21 BOW (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780060225414
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
A reconstruction of the life and struggles of the Pilgrims during their first years in America.

Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525452713
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

Trespassers by Zilpha Keatley Snyder | Uncle Daney's Way by Jessie Haas | The Well by Mildred D. Taylor

The Trespassers by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Call Number: J-Fiction SN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0385310552
Publication Date: 1995-07-01
Having trespassed and explored the empty Hutchinson mansion, which seems haunted by the presence of a long-dead young girl, sixth grader Neely and her little brother become regular visitors when emotionally disturbed Curtis Hutchinson moves in.

Uncle Daney's Way by Jessie Haas
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0688127940
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
When his great-uncle Daney comes to live with Cole's family after being crippled in a logging accident, the two work together all summer to find a way to make enough money to buy feed so they can keep Daney's old horse.

The Well : David's story by Mildred D. Taylor
Call Number: Juv F TAY L2 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803718029
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
In Mississippi in the early 1900's ten-year-old David Logan's family generously shares their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Math Curse