LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2004-2005

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2004-2005

Togo by Blake, Robert J.
Call Number: Juv 798.8 BLA (Juvenile nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780399233814
Publication Date: 2002-10-14
In 1925, Togo, a Siberian Husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

Amber Was Brave, Essie was Smart by Vera B. Williams | Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller | Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes
Dirty Laundry Pile : Poems in Different Voices by Paul B. Janeczko

Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction WI (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780060294601
Publication Date: 2001-08-21
Two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.

Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction JO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0439189365
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Arturo and his family and friends share all kinds of experiences living in the barrio of East Los Angeles.

Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XGR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780688131555
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Recounts, in a series of poems and letters, Danitra's summer at her aunt's house in the country and her best friend Zuri's summer at home in town.

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor | George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra & Medeleine Comora
Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon | Harvesting Hope : the Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O'Connor
Call Number: J-Fiction OC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0374322589
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, who everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.

George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra; Madeleine Comora; Brock Cole (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy CH (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 0374325340
Publication Date: 2003-02-03
A rhyme portrays George Washington's struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows.

The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon
Call Number: J-Fiction GO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0823417514
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
While spending the summer before seventh grade with his aunt, Willy Wilson finds his first friends ever in the colorful characters who all love the neighborhood park owned by an eccentric old man.

Harvesting Hope : the story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy KR (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780152014377
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
A biography of Cesar Chavez, the labor leader who led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.

Lewis and Clark and Me : a Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers | Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury | My Chimp Friday : The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis
Phineas Gage by John Fleischman

Lewis and Clark and Me : a dog's tale by Laurie Myers; Michael Dooling (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction MY (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0805063684
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Seaman, Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland dog, describes Lewis and Clark's expedition, which he accompanied from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Juv 811 WOO (Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780399231155
Publication Date: 2003-01-06
In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.

Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury
Call Number: J-Fiction SA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780385729185
Publication Date: 2001-08-14
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices.

My Chimp Friday : the Nana Banana chronicles by Hester Mundis
Call Number: J-Fiction MU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689838379
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
When a friend of her father's drops off an unusually intelligent chimpanzee at their apartment with orders to keep the chimp a secret, twelve-year-old Rachel wonders what the mystery is all about.

Phineas Gage : a gruseom but true story about brain science by John Fleischman
Call Number: J-362.1 FLE (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780618052523
Publication Date: 2002-03-25
The case study of Phineas Gage's injury provides insight into how the brain works.

Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel | Runaway Radish by Jessie Haas
Tippy Lemmey by Patricia C. McKissack | A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Green
Where I'd Like to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy AN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781584300380
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life's work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada. Additional information describes the process he uses to create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people.

Runaway Radish by Jessie Haas; Margo Apple (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0688166881
Publication Date: 2001-05-08
When Radish the pony grows too big for the girls who own him, he goes to live at a horse camp where there are always new children for him to train.

Tippy Lemmey by Patricia C. McKissack; Susan Keeter (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780689850196
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Leandra, Paul, and Jeannie try to come up with a plan to get a new dog in town to stop following them and snapping at their heels until they realize that maybe he's not their enemy after all.

A Strong Right Arm : the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-796.357 JOH (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780803726611
Publication Date: 2002-07-22
A biography of Mamie Johnson, one of only three women to play baseball in the Negro Leagues.

Where I'd Like to Be by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Call Number: J-Fiction DO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 0689844204
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
A group of foster children build a home of their own.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

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