LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2003-2004

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2003-2004

Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy by Phil Bildner; C. F. Payne (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XBI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689829130
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Shoeless Joe Jackson, said by some to be the greatest baseball player ever, goes into a hitting slump just before he is to start his minor league career, so he asks his friend to make him a special bat to help him hit.

All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff | Buffalo Nickel by Taylor Morrison
Bull's-Eye by Sue Macy | Chocolate by Robert Burleigh

All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
Call Number: J-Fiction GI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0385322097
Publication Date: 2001-10-09
In 1941, Brick, from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.

The Buffalo Nickel by Taylor Morrison
Call Number: Easy MOR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780618108558
Publication Date: 2002-03-25
A biography of the sculptor of the buffalo nickel, who grew up in the Dakota Territory where Sioux children were his playmates, buffalo robes were his blankets, and the town whittler was his art teacher.

Bull's-Eye : a photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy
Call Number: J-799.3 OAK (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780792270089
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Annie's amazing life comes sharply into focus in a compelling narrative, period photography, and in her own words. Two historical maps and a chronology ground the legend in time and place. Readers ride through a life filled with adventure. Annie grows up in the backwoods of Ohio, hunting game to feed her family. Discovered by Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, she wows crowds with target shooting and daring horse riding. Annie's hardships are examined too, as is her inspirational status as a role model for women.

Chocolate : riches from the rainforest by Robert Burleigh
Call Number: J-641.3 BUR (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780810957343
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Traces the history of chocolate from a drink of the Olmec and Maya and later in Europe to its popularity around the world today.

Fair Weather by Richard Peck | Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack
How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez | Juan Verdades by Joe Hayes

Fair Weather : a novel by Richard Peck
Call Number: J-Fiction PE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0803725167
Publication Date: 2001-09-10
In 1893, Rosie and her family travel from their farm to Chicago to attend the World's Columbian Exposition, where they encounter Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell.

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Call Number: J-Fiction VA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0375811745
Publication Date: 2001-10-09
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XMC (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689818851
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.

How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay by Julia Alvarez; Andrea Cascardi (Editor)
Call Number: J-Fiction AL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375802157
Publication Date: 2001-04-10
Ten-year-old Miguel learns to love his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce.

Juan Verdades : the man who couldn't tell a lie by Joe Hayes (Retold by); Joseph Daniel Fiedler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0439293111
Publication Date: 2001-11-01
A wealthy rancher is so certain of the honesty of his foreman that he wagers his ranch.

Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park | Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
Pieces by Anna Grossnickle Hines | Smokejumpers by Elaine Landau

The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0395940419
Publication Date: 2000-03-20
Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New York kite-fighting competition.

Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz; Hudson Talbott (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy 730.92 FRI (Easy nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780399235764
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
The narrative opens as the ultimate Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci, earns a commission from the duke of Milan to create a sculpture to honor the duke's father—a bronze horse three times larger than life. Though this creative genius spent years on the project, he died without realizing his dream and, writes Fritz, "It was said that even on his deathbed, Leonardo wept for his horse." The author then fast-forwards to 1977: an American named Charles Dent vows to create the sculpture and make it a gift from the American people to the residents of Italy. How his goal was accomplished (alas, posthumously) makes for an intriguing tale that Fritz deftly relays.

Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven; Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XRA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781585360697
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
The story of a young German girl and an American pilot.

Pieces : a year in poems & quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XHI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688169633
Publication Date: 2001-02-20
Poems about the four seasons, as reflected in the natural world, are accompanied by photographs of quilts made by the author.

Smokejumpers by Elaine Landau; Ben Klaffke (Photographer)
Call Number: J-634.9 LAN (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780761323242
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
Outlines the rigorous training of parachute fire fighters, known as smokejumpers, and describes how they prepare for and execute their duties.

Toasting Marshmallows by Kristine O'Connell George | Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet
When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan | Wingwalker by Rosemary Wells | Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne

Toasting Marshmallows : camping poems by Kristine O'Connell George; Kate A. Kiesler (Illustrator); Kate Kiesler (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy GE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 061804597X
Publication Date: 2001-02-28
Everything that happens when you go camping can be an adventure, from getting dressed inside your sleeping bag on a chilly morning to meeting a moose to sharing secrets in a tent at night. Kristine O’Connell George turns the memorable moments of a family outing into spirited, evocative verse, and Kate Kiesler’s vivid paintings provide a cast of characters and the perfect setting. The captivating poems and pictures in Toasting Marshmallows will leave readers with wonderful memories of a camping trip—even if they’ve never been on one!

Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction RO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689831919
Publication Date: 2000-05-01
Alfa, his sister, and their grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in the summer of 1956.

When Marian Sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson, the voice of a century by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy B AND (Easy biography)
ISBN: 9780439269674
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera.

Wingwalker by Rosemary Wells; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction WE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0786803975
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
During the Depression, Reuben's father becomes a carnival wingwalker and Reuben has a chance to overcome his terror of flying.

Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Hearne; Leslie A. Baker (Illustrator); Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689841221
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
After eleven-year-old Louise makes a wish on the first evening star and her brother turns into a pig, she uses wishes, kisses, and spells to try to put things right again.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy