LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2002-2003

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2002-2003

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SAN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780316769068
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
A young huntsman is helped by a golden mare when he tries to perform the seemingly impossible feats commanded by the Tsar.

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Grummel
Attack on Pearl Harbor by Shelley Tanaka | Cockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep
Dear Whiskers by Ann Whitehead Nagda | Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens (Illustrator); Susan Stevens Crummel
Call Number: Easy XST (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152022983
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to rescue them in time for the next reading of their rhyme.

Attack on Pearl Harbor : the true story of the day America entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka; David Craig (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-940.54 TAN (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780786807369
Publication Date: 2001-04-23
As eleven-year-old Peter Nottage stood in the yard, watching in disbelief, a group of Japanese fighter planes swooped down, spraying machine-gun fire across the water. Then the first bomb dropped - and in minutes, Kaneohe Bay was a sea of smoke and flames. To the south, at Pearl Harbor, the huge ships of the American fleet were ablaze. This was no drill. This was war! Through vivid eyewitness accounts, Attack on Pearl Harbor re-creates the dramatic moments of the unforgettable day that America entered World War II.
Attack on Pearl Harbor [Streaming Audiobook] : the true story of the day America entered World War II by Shelley Tanaka; Charles Carroll (Narrated by)
Call Number: J-940.54 TAN Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780792782155
Publication Date: 2012-05-25

Cockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep
Call Number: Juv F YEP (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780786804870
Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully.

Dear Whiskers by Ann Whitehead Nagda; Stephanie Roth (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction NA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0823414957
Publication Date: 2000-11-01
Jenny is discouraged when her second grade penpal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv B HAW (Juvenile Biography)
ISBN: 9780439114943
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
The true story of a Victorian artist who built life-sized models of dinosaurs.

Edwina Victorious by Susan Bonners | Ereth's Birthday by Avi | Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Fly High! by Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger | Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park

Ereth's Birthday by Avi; Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction AV (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780380977345
Publication Date: 2000-05-03
Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Call Number: J-Fiction RY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780439120418
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth in Mexico to work in the labor camps of California.
Esperanza Rising [CD] by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Trini Alvarado (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction RY (Juvenile CD Audiobooks)
ISBN: 9780807217696
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
Esperanza Rising [E-Book] by Pam Muoz Ryan
Call Number: J-Fiction RY Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780545532341
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
Esperanza Rising [Streaming Audiobook] by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Call Number: J-Fiction RY Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780739330616
Publication Date: 2006

Fly High! : the story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden; Mary Kay Kroeger; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BO (Easy FIction)
ISBN: 0689824572
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921.

The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park; Paul Colin (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 068983912X
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Discusses the life of the determined African American woman who went all the way to France in order to earn her pilot's license in 1921.

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech | Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley
Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson | Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
The Raft by Jim LaMarche

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Call Number: J-Fiction CR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0060292873
Publication Date: 2001-07-24
A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
Love That Dog [E-Book] by Sharon Creech
Call Number: J-Fiction CR Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780061961335
Publication Date: 2014-12-23
Love That Dog [Streaming Audiobook] by Sharon Creech; Scott Wolf (Read by)
Call Number: J-Fiction CR Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780060848446
Publication Date: 2005-05-17

The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine by Diane Stanley
Call Number: J-Fiction ST (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0688175465
Publication Date: 2001-08-07
Noticing that a popular series of horror novels is having a bizarre effect on the behavior of its readers, Franny and Beamer set out to find the mysterious author.

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy WOO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399231162
Publication Date: 2001-01-15
Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0374361665
Publication Date: 2000-10-10
In the 1920s, after learning Morse code and setting up his own amateur radio station, a twelve-year-old boy sends a message that leads to the rescue of a family stranded by a hurricane in Florida. Based on experiences of the author's father.

The Raft by Jim LaMarche (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0688139779
Publication Date: 2000-04-05
Reluctant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma, who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.

School Story by Andrew Clements | Spiders and Their Web Sites by Margery Facklam
Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill | Yellow Star : The Legend of King Christian X by Carmen Agra Deedy

The School Story by Andrew Clements; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction CL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689825943
Publication Date: 2001-06-01
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.

Spiders and Their Web Sites by Margery Facklam; Alan Male (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-595.4 FAC (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780316273299
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and of daddy longlegs.

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill; Peter Knorr (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689829337
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Ten-year-old Fred, short for Frederika, narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher.

The Yellow Star : the legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Deedy, Carmen Agra ; Henri Sorensen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv F DEE (Juvenile Fiction) & Easy DE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781561452088
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring