LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2000-2001

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2000-2001

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel
Call Number: Easy STE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152019242
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher | Home Run : the Story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh
I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus | Mary on Horseback : Three Mountain Stories by Rosemary Wells

Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher; Ralph J. Fletcher
Call Number: J-Fiction FL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0395873231
Publication Date: 1998-09-21
Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.

Home Run : the story of Babe Ruth by Robert Burleigh; Mike Wimmer (Illustrator); George Plimpton (Editor)
Call Number: Easy BU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0152009701
Publication Date: 1998-08-15
A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to hit a home run.

I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus; Michele Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy IGU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780892391516
Publication Date: 1998-02-11
Chronicles and captures poetically the history, mood, and movement of African American music. A celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world, "I See the Rhythm" traces the progression of black music from its traditional roots in Africa to contemporary hip hop.

Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells
Call Number: J-Fiction WE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0803721544
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Tells the story of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants.

Mightiest Heart by Lynn Cullen | Mister and Me by Kimberly WIllis Holt
An Outlaw Thanksgiving by Emily Arnold McCully | Regular Guy by Sarah Weeks

The Mightiest Heart by Lynn Cullen; Laurel Long (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy CU (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0803722923
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
Based on a Welsh legend about Prince Llywelyn and his loyal dog, Gelert, who is wrongly banished when the prince believes that the dog has attacked his son.

Mister and Me by Kimberly Willis Holt; Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 039923215X
Publication Date: 1998-09-28
In a small Louisiana mill town in 1940, Jolene does not want her Momma to marry the logger who is courting her, but it seems that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away.

An Outlaw Thanksgiving by Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy MC (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0803721978
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
While travelling with her mother cross-country by train in 1896, a young girl unexpectedly shares Thanksgiving dinner with the notorious outlaw, Butch Cassidy.

Regular Guy by Sarah Weeks
Call Number: J-Fiction WE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 006028367X
Publication Date: 1999-05-04
Because he is so different from his eccentric parents, twelve-year-old Guy is convinced he has been switched at birth with a classmate whose parents seem more normal.

Riches of Oseola McCarty by Evelyn Coleman | Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rio Grande by Peter Lourie | Shelter Dogs by Peg Kehret | Silver Balloon by Susan Bonners

The Riches of Oseola McCarty by Evelyn Coleman; Daniel Minter (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-976.2 MCC (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780807569610
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
A brief biography of Oseola McCarty, a hard-working washerwoman who, without a formal education herself, donated a portion of her life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi.

Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction RY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 059095766X
Publication Date: 1998-02-01
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
Riding Freedom [E-Book] by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction RY Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780545360296
Publication Date: 2013-10-29

Rio Grande : from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico by Peter Lourie
Call Number: J-917.3 LOU (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781563977060
Publication Date: 1999-02-01
A photo essay about a journey along the Rio Grande, from the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico.

Shelter Dogs : amazing stories of adopted strays by Peg Kehret; Greg Farrar (By (photographer))
Call Number: Juv 636.7 KEH (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780807573365
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Tells the stories of eight stray dogs that were adopted from animal shelters and went on to become service dogs, actors, and heroes.

The Silver Balloon by Susan Bonners (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction BO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0374369135
Publication Date: 1997-08-30
When fourth-grader Gregory releases a helium-filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship and an exchange of mystery gifts.

Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery | Top of the World : Climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie de Paola | Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Where Fireflies Dance by Lucha Corpi | William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki

The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery; Nic Bishop (Photographer)
Call Number: J-597.96 MON (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780395871690
Publication Date: 1999-03-26
Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularty red-sided garter snakes.

The Top of the World : climbing Mout Everest by Steve Jenkins
Call Number: J-796.52 JEN (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780395942185
Publication Date: 1999-04-26
Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniques of mountain climbing.

26 Fairmount Avenue (26 Fairmount Avenue #1) by Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv B DEP T1 (Juvenile biography)
ISBN: 9780399232466
Publication Date: 1999-04-05
Tomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "I'll be back next year," he says. When Tomie goes to see Snow White, he creates another sensation.

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman; Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0763600067
Publication Date: 1999-06-02
Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.

Where Fireflies Dance by Lucha Corpi; Mira Reisberg (Illustrator); National Geographic Learning Staff
Call Number: Easy CO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780892391776
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
A girl and her brother spend their childhood in a small town on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.

William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-822.33 AU (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060278205
Publication Date: 1999-04-07
Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.

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