LibGuides: Bluebonnet Award Lists: 2013-2014

Bluebonnet Award Winner and Master List
2013-2014

All Titles

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus by Grandits, John ; Michael Allen Austin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv F GRA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780618788224
Publication Date: 2011-07-04
Before Kyle rides a school bus for the first time, his older brother gives him a list of rules he must follow but after breaking every single one the first day, Kyle discovers the rule his brother left out.

Bake Sale by Sara Varon | Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet | Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern
Coral Reefs by Jason Chin | Flying the Dragon by Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of macy's parade by Melissa Sweet
Call Number: Easy B SAR (Easy biography)
ISBN: 9780547199450
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
A picture book biography about the puppeteer who invented the first inflatable character balloons for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Barnum's Bones by Tracey E. Fern; Boris Kulikov (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-560 FER (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9780374305161
Publication Date: 2012-05-22
The unusual story of how paleontologist Barnum Brown uncovered the bones of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Coral Reefs by Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy 577.7 CHI (Easy nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781596435636
Publication Date: 2011-10-25
An ordinary trip to the library becomes an extraordinary trip to the depths of the coral reefs.

Flying the Dragon by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Call Number: J-Fiction LO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781580894340
Publication Date: 2012-07-01
When Skye's cousin Hiroshi & his family move to Virginia from Japan, the cultural differences lead to misunderstandings. Will flying the dragon kite bring them together?

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton | Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri
Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre | Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood | The Humming Room by Ellen Potter

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton
Call Number: J-Fiction CL (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780823423675
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
Frankie Joe, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas.

Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri; Jesse Joshua Watson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction NE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780763649227
Publication Date: 2011-08-09
Cole is taken to live with his estranged father, who gets him involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses to teach youths responsibility.

Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre; Rafael Rosado (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-741.5 ROS (Juvenile Nonfiction)
ISBN: 9781596435827
Publication Date: 2012-04-10
Claudette wants nothing more than to slay a giant but her little village is too safe and quiet. In graphic novel format.

Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood
Call Number: J-Fiction SC (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545331807
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
In the summer of 1964 as she is about to turn twelve, Glory's town of Hanging Moss, Mississippi, is beset by racial tension when town leaders close her beloved public pool rather than desegregating it.

The Humming Room by Ellen Potter
Call Number: J-Fiction PO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780312644383
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.

Jangles by David Shannon | Laugh With the Moon by Shana Burg | Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate | Tua and the Elephant by R. P. Harris

Jangles : a big fish story by David Shannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy SHA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545143127
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.

Laugh with the Moon by Shana Burg
Call Number: J-Fiction BU (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780385734714
Publication Date: 2012-06-12
Clare, grieving her mother's recent death, reluctantly travels with her father to Malawi, where new friends help open her mind & heart.
Laugh with the Moon [E-Book] by Shana Burg
Call Number: J-Fiction BU Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780375985683
Publication Date: 2012

Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy KA (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9780399240393
Publication Date: 2012-01-05
A brief look at the life of United States President Abraham Lincoln.

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-FIction AP (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780061992254
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

Tua and the Elephant by R. P. Harris; Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Fiction HA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780811877817
Publication Date: 2012-04-18
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, Tua releases an abused elephant, but can she get it to an elephant refuge without being caught?

Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan | Walls WIthin Walls by Maureen Sherry
Fairest Ever After by Sarah Mlynowski | Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Waiting for the Magic by Amy June Bates (Illustrator); Patricia MacLachlan
Call Number: J-Fiction MA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781416927464
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.

Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry; Adam Stower (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-Ficton SH (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780061767036
Publication Date: 2012-06-12
When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.

Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780375869020
Publication Date: 2012-02-14
Auggie, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, where he endures taunts and fears.
Wonder [E-Book] by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: J-Fiction PA Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780375899881
Publication Date: 2012
Wonder [Streaming Audiobook] by R. J. Palacio
Call Number: J-Fiction PA Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9788809984684
Publication Date: 2018

Bluebonnet Award Lists

Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus

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