LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 1999-2000

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
1999-2000

The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Call Number: J-Fiction DE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0374317879
Publication Date: 1998-03-25
Allie knows it's not her imagination when she shears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help.

Akiak, a Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake | Gib Rides Home by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr | Honus and Me : a Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman

Akiak : a tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0399227989
Publication Date: 1997-09-22
Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

Gib Rides Home by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Call Number: J-Fiction SN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0385322674
Publication Date: 1998-02-09
Despite the harsh treatment he has endured at the Lowell House orphanage, ten-year-old Gib Whittaker manages to maintain his hopeful outlook when he is "farmed out" to help with the horses of a wealthy banker in 1908.

The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr
Call Number: J-Fiction KA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0374327734
Publication Date: 1998-04-23
In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit.

Honus and Me : a baseball card adventure by Dan Gutman
Call Number: J-Fiction GU (Juvenile Fiction)
Publication Date: 1997
Joe, who loves baseball but is not very good at it, finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card and travels back in time to meet Honus.

I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch | In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian | Kennedy Assassinated! by Wilborn Hampton
Love From Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky

I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Herm Auch (Illustrator); Mary Jane Auch
Call Number: J-Fiction AU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0823413578
Publication Date: 1998-02-01
While trying to hypnotize his dog for the third grade science fair, Brian accidentally makes his best friend Josh think he's a cat.

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy IN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781880000311
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
A collection of poems celebrating African American fathers by Angela Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Carole Boston Weatherford, and others.
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall [ReadingAlong] by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)
Call Number: ReadingAlong ST (Reading Along kits)
ISBN: 9781591123163
Publication Date: 2004-05-01

Insectlopedia : poems and paintings by Douglas Florian
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0152013067
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
Presents twenty-one short poems about such insects as the inchworm, termite, cricket, and mayfly.

Kennedy Assassinated! the World Mourns by Wilborn Hampton
Call Number: J-364.1 HAM (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781564028112
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Recounts the tragic story from the point of view of a cub reporter assigned to cover the president's parade in Dallas.

Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: J-Fiction SK (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0789424924
Publication Date: 1998-03-15
From her home in back of the Grand View Restaurant in rural New York, Hannah writes letters to her best friend, a pen pal, and even to President and Mrs. Roosevelt.

Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky | My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
Old People, Frogs, and Albert by Nancy Hope Wilson
Rope Burn by Jan Siebold | Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley

Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky; Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0152001042
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen; Ruth Wright Paulsen (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-813.54 PAU (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780385325707
Publication Date: 1998-01-12
The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.

Old People, Frogs, and Albert by Nancy Hope Wilson; Marcy Dunn Ramsey (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction WI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0374356254
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
Fourth-grader Albert is afraid of the old people at the nursing home near his school, until he goes to visit Mr. Spear, the elderly man who has helped him with his reading.

Rope Burn by Jan Siebold
Call Number: J-Fiction SI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0807571091
Publication Date: 2012-09-07
While working on a writing assignment at his new school, Richard learns the meaning of various proverbs and how to express his feelings about his parents' divorce.

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XST (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688143275
Publication Date: 1997-04-25
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom.

Tales from the Homeplace by Harriett Burandt and Shelley Dale | Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Turn of the Century by Ellen Jackson | Water Buffalo Days : Growing Up in Vietnam by Quan Nhuong Huynh
A Weave of Words : an Armenian Tale by Robert D. San Souci

Tales from the Home Place : adventures of a Texas farm girl by Harriet Burandt; Shelley Dale
Call Number: J-Fiction Bu (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0805050752
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Eight stories capture the life of twelve-year-old Irene Hutto, growing up on a cotton farm in Texas in the 1930s, based on the life of Harriet Burandt's mother.

Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Call Number: Easy MOR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780679904014
Publication Date: 1997-09-30
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers from from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Tomas y la Senora de la Biblioteca (Tomas and the Library Lady Spanish Edition) by Pat Mora
Call Number: Spanish Easy MO (Spanish language)
ISBN: 9780679841739
Publication Date: 1997-09-23
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers, Tomas finds a new world to explore at the public library. In Spanish.

Turn of the Century by Ellen B. Jackson; Jan Davey Ellis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XJA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780881063691
Publication Date: 1998-07-01
Children living in Great Britain and the United States at the beginning of each century between 1000 and 2000 A.D. describe their lifestyles at the time.

Water Buffalo Days : growing up in Vietnam by Quang Nhuong Huynh; Jean Tseng (Illustrator); Mou-Sien Tseng (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-636.2 HUY (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780060249571
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
The author describes his close relationship to two water buffalo that were part of his family when he was growing up in a village of the central highlands of Vietnam.

A Weave of Words : an Armenian tale by Robert D. San Souci; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780531300534
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
A reworking of Armenian folktales in which a lazy prince learns to read, write, and weave to win his love only to have these very talents later save him from a three-headed monster.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

The Ghost of Fossil Glen