LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2012-2013

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2012-2013

All Titles

Postcards from Camp : a postal story by Simms Taback (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction TA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399239731
Publication Date: 2011-06-30
Learn about camp life as Michael experiences it through cards and letters he writes home.

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith | Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! by Matthew McElligott and Larry David Tuxbury
The Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming | EllRay Jakes is Not a CHicken by Sally Warner

Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith; Christian Slade (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction SM (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781423133636
Publication Date: 2011-05-03
Scrub, 13, visits his hippie grandmother for the first time and discovers her inn is a portal for aliens from all over the universe.

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! by Matthew McElligott (Illustrator); Larry David Tuxbury
Call Number: J-Fiction MC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780142419359
Publication Date: 2011-08-04
Wherein is contained an accounting of the preparation, suspension, and eventual reawakening of the subject in modern day, and his quest to discover the great emergency.

The Cheshire Cheese Cat : a Dickens of a tale by Carmen Agra Deedy; Randall Wright; Barry Moser (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction DE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781561455959
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London's Cheshire Cheese, where Queen Victoria visits.
The Cheshire Cheese Cat [Streaming Audiobook] : a Dickens of a tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
Call Number: J-Fiction DE Audiobk
ISBN: 9780449010297
Publication Date: 2012

Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy FL (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375849794
Publication Date: 2010-08-24
A poor boy named Jack struggles to deliver a birthday present worthy of the princess.

EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken by Sally Warner; Jamie Harper (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-FIction WA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780670062430
Publication Date: 2011-05-12
EllRay's father promises a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can avoid trouble for a week, but dealing with the class bully is a real challenge.

Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem | Hamster Magic by Lynne Jonell
Hero by Mike Lupica | Hot Diggity Dog by Adrienne Sylver | Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo

Escape under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
Call Number: J-Fiction YO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780811866538
Publication Date: 2009-04-15
As a future conservation zoologist whose mother is the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, thirteen-year-old Lucy uses her knowledge for survival when she is kidnapped and subsequently escapes.

Hamster Magic by Lynne Jonell; Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction JO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375866609
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
When the Willows move into a new house, Celia, the youngest of four children, traps an enchanted hamster, who reluctantly agrees to grant the children one wish in exchange for his freedom.
Hamster Magic [E-Book] by Lynne Jonell
Call Number: J-Fiction JO Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780375896729
Publication Date: 2010
Celia Willow is the baby of the family, and she's sick of it. She's sick of being younger and smaller. She's sick of never being taken seriously. So when Celia's hamster surprises the Willows with his wish-granting powers, she blurts out her deepest desire. The problem? Celia didn't exactly wish to be furry.Her big brothers and sister can't let their parents see her like this, but they only have one night to fix things. How can Abner, Tate, and Derek reverse something as powerful as hamster magic . . . before breakfast?

Hero by Mike Lupica
Call Number: J-Fiction LU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780142419601
Publication Date: 2011-07-12
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.

Hot Diggity Dog : the history of the hot dog by Adrienne Sylver; Elwood H. Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-641.3 SYL (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780525478973
Publication Date: 2010-05-13
A funny, fascinating look at history and culture through the lens of America's favorite fast food: the hot dog.

Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo; Julia Denos (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy CA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780061852831
Publication Date: 2011-01-25
The famous actress's childhood and the groundbreaking way she used her celebrity to shine a light on the starving children from poor nations.

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg | Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates by Kim Kennedy
Play, Louis, Play by Muriel Harris Weinstein | Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin A. Ramsey
Scarum Fair by Jessica Swaim

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg; Matthew Cordell (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction ST (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780810984240
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
When Eleanor's babysitter moves away to care for her sick father, Eleanor spends the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.

Misty Gordon and the Mystery of the Ghost Pirates by Kim Kennedy
Call Number: J-Fiction KE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780810993570
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
Teenaged Misty finds a journal and pair of glasses that lets her see ghosts, including those of pirates who founded her New England town and who are seeking a golden statue with mystical powers.

Play, Louis, Play! : the true story of a boy and his horn by Muriel Harris Weinstein; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-781 ARM (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781599903750
Publication Date: 2010-12-07
A biography of jazz great Louis Armstrong's childhood, told in the voice of his horn.
Play, Louis, Play! [Streaming audiobook] : the true story of a boy and his horn by Muriel Harris Weinstein; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-781 ARM Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781599907093
Publication Date: 2010-12-07

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey; Gwen Strauss; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy RAM (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780761352556
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
When Ruth and her parents take a road trip from Chicago to Alabama, they rely on "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them.
Ruth and the Green Book [E-Book] by Calvin Alexander Ramsey; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator); Gwen Strauss
Call Number: Easy RAM Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780761362180
Publication Date: 2010-01-01

Scarum Fair : poems by Jessica Swaim; Carol Ashley (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv 811.6 SWA (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781590785904
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
Poems that mix familiar sights and sounds of the fair with creepy, ghoulish, and gorgeous illustrations and funny rhymes.

Thunder Birds by Jim Arnosky | Under the Mambo Moon by Julia Durango
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick | Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Thunder Birds : nature's flying predators by Jim Arnosky
Call Number: J-598.153 ARN (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781402756610
Publication Date: 2011-04-05
Explains why there are no feathers on a vulture's head, which bird is the deep-diving champ, what makes an owl's wings perfectly silent in flight, and much more.

Under the Mambo Moon by Julia Durango; Fabricio VandenBroeck (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-811.6 DUR (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781570917233
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
On summer nights Marisol helps out in her father's music store and chats with the customers who arrive throughout the evening.

Wonderstruck by Selznick, Brian
Call Number: Juv F SEL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545027892
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
After losing his mother and his hearing, Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets Rose.

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Call Number: J-741.5 HAT (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781596436954
Publication Date: 2011-02-01
Zita and Joseph tamper with a device found in a meteoroid crater which allows an alien to abduct Joseph to another universe. Zita follows after him and finds she must rescue him. Graphic novel.

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Postcards from Camp : a postal story

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