LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2011-2012

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2011-2012

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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Angleberger, Tom
Call Number: Juv F ANG O1 (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780810984257
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future.
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda [E-Book] by Tom Angleberger
Call Number: J-Fiction AN Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781613124512
Publication Date: 2012-08-07
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda [Streaming Audiobook] by Tom Angleberger
Call Number: J-Fiction AN Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781456130640
Publication Date: 2010-10-21

Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins | Balarama : a Royal Elephant by Ted & Betsy Lewin
Black Elk's Vision by S. D. Nelson | Buddy Files by Dori Hillestad Butler
Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett

Amazing Faces : poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins; Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy HO (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781600603341
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
An anthology of poems focusing on universal emotions selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins.

Balarama : a royal elephant by Ted Lewin (Illustrator); Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781600602658
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
World travelers Ted and Betsy Lewin recount how the trained elephants of southern India, in particular the one chosen to be the lead elephant in the Mysore Dasara, are raised, cared for, and prepared for performing in ceremonial processions.

Black Elk's Vision : a Lakota story by S. D. Nelson
Call Number: J-978 BLA (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780810983991
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
A biographical account of Black Elk--a Lakota/Oglala medicine man told from the Native American point of view.

The Case of the Lost Boy (Buddy files #1) by Dori Hillestad Butler; Jeremy Tugeau (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction BU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780807509104
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
While searching for his mysteriously lost human family, Buddy the dog is adopted by another family and helps solve the mystery of their missing boy.

The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett; Adam Rex (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction BA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781416978152
Publication Date: 2009-10-06
When 12-year-old Steve Brixton is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude certain individuals as he seeks a quilt with coded information.

Duchess of Whimsy by Randall de Seve | Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley
Goal! by Mina Javaherbin | Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner | Happenstance Found by P. W. Catanese

The Duchess of Whimsy : an abostluely delicious fairy tale by Randall de Sève; Peter de Sève (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy DE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399250958
Publication Date: 2009-10-29
The Duchess of Whimsy has absolutely no interest in the Earl of Norm until he makes a sandwich that causes her to look at him in an entirely different way.

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley; Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XKE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545125086
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Young Susy Clemens wants to show that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than a humorist and tries to write his biography.

Goal! by Mina Javaherbin; A. G. Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy XJA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763645717
Publication Date: 2010-04-13
In a dangerous alley in a township in South Africa, the strength and unity which a group of young friends feel while playing soccer keep them safe when a gang of bullies arrives to cause trouble.

The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner; John Holyfield (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy BI (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399247897
Publication Date: 2010-01-07
In 1932, James Banning and co-pilot Thomas Allen become the first African Americans to fly across the United States.

Happenstance Found (Books of Umber #1) by P. W. Catanese
Call Number: J-Fiction CA v.
ISBN: 9781416975199
Publication Date: 2009-01-27
A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.

Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming | Louisa : The Life of Louisa May Alcott by Yona Zeldis McDogough
Mirro Mirror by Marilyn Singer | Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Shadows by Jacqueline West

Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming; Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375836077
Publication Date: 2009-10-13
Enamored of history, young Imogene Tripp tries to save her town's historical society from being demolished in order to build a shoelace factory.

Louisa : the Life of Louisa May Alcott by Yona Zeldis McDonough; Bethanne Andersen (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-813.4 ALC (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780805081923
Publication Date: 2009-08-18
A biography of children's author Louisa May Alcott for young readers.

Mirror Mirror : a book of reversible verse by Marilyn Singer; Josée Masse (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SIN (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525479017
Publication Date: 2010-03-04
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: J-Fiction DR (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781416971702
Publication Date: 2010-03-09
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Out of My Mind [Streaming Audiobook] by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: Juv F DRA (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781508222484
Publication Date: 2016

The Shadows (Books of Elsewhere #1) by Jacqueline West
Call Number: J-Fiction WE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780803734401
Publication Date: 2010-06-15
Olive's family moves into an old Victorian mansion where she is ensnared in a plot involving some paintings, an angry boy, and three talking cats.

Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan | Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L Holm
Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit by Joan Carris | Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv G PHE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763636180
Publication Date: 2009-09-08
Graphic novel about a boy in the Dust Bowl of 1937 Kansas who faces several challenges, but none of them compares to his confrontation with the mysterious figure hiding in a nearby barn.

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: J-FIction HO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375836886
Publication Date: 2010-05-11
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who hates children, 11-year-old Turtle is sent to relatives she has never met in Key West, Florida.
Turtle in Paradise [OverDrive E-Book] by Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780375893162
Publication Date: 2010
Turtle in Paradise [OverDrive Audiobook] by Jennifer L. Holm
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9780307738332
Publication Date: 2010

Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit by Joan Carris; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction CA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763637057
Publication Date: 2011-11-04
Dr. Adam Bender, a veterinarian, accepts four sick animals for treatment and tries to make them feel at home with the help of animals already there.

The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan; Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780805086683
Publication Date: 2009-09-01

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