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Texas Bluebonnet Award

Awarded annually to the author of a book
selected by the Children of Texas.
 

2009 Bluebonnet Award

One Potato, Two Potato

 One Potato, Two Potato

 Written by Cynthia DeFelice
 Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren

 
2009 One Potato, Two Potato Cynthia DeFelice
2008 On the Road (Down Girl and Sit series) Lucy Nolan
2007 Ghost Fever / Mal de Fantasma Joe Hayes
2006 Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta Lisa Wheeler and Mark Siegel
2005 Togo Robert J. Blake
2004 Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy Phil Bildner
2003 The Golden Mare, the Firebird,
and the Magic Ring
Ruth Sanderson
2002 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
2001 Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel
2000 The Ghost of Fossil Glen Cynthia DeFelice
1999 Verdi Janell Cannon
1998 Tornado  Betsy Byars
1997 Math Curse Jon Scieszka
1996 Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story Mary Downing Hahn
1995 The Stinky Cheese Man and
     Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka
1994 Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 The Houdini Box Brian Selznick
1992 Snot Stew  Bill Wallace
1991 Aliens for Breakfast Jonathan Etra & Stephanie Spinner
1990 There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom Louis Sachar
1989 Wait 'Til Helen Comes Mary Downing Hahn
1988 Christina's Ghost Betty Ren Wright
1987 The Hot and Cold Summer Johanna Hurwitz
1986 The Dollhouse Murders Betty Ren Wright
1985 Skinnybones Barbara Park
1984 Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements
1983 A Dog Called Kitty Bill Wallace
1982 Superfudge Judy Blume
1981 Ramona and Her Father Beverly Cleary

Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
2008-2009 Program
Voting: January 2009

Auch, Mary Jane One Handed Catch Henry Holt, 2006.
Carman, Patrick Atherton: the House of Power Little, Brown, 2007.
Cheaney, J. B. The Middle of Somewhere Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Day, Karen Tall Tales Wendy Lamb Books, 2007.
DeFelice, Cynthia One Potato, Two Potato Illustrated by Andrea U'Ren. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Florian, Douglas Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars Harcourt, Inc., 2007
Graff, Lisa The Thing About Georgie Laura Geringer Books, 2006.
Harper, Charise Mericle Just Grace Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
Hart, Alison Gabriel's Horses Peachtree, 2007.
Jenkins, Emily Toys Go Out Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006.
Lauber, Patricia What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms, and Pajamas Illustrated by John Meanders
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.
McCully, Emily Arnold Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
O'Connor, Barbara How to Steal a Dog Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Patterson, Nancy Ruth The Winner's Walk Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Paulsen, Gary Lawn Boy Wendy Lamb Books, 2007.
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret Scholastic Press, 2007.
Sidman, Joyce This is Just to Say. Illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Thimmesh, Catherine Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Tingle, Tim Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom Illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges
Cinco Puntos Press, 2006.
White, Ruth Way Down Deep Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2007.

Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
2009-2010 Program
Voting: January 2010

Birdsall, Jeanne. 2008. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Birney, Betty G. 2008. Surprises According to Humphrey. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

Bishop, Nic. 2008. Nic Bishop Frogs. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Illustrated by Michael Austin. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 2007. Martina una cucarachita muy linda:
Un Cuento Cubano
. Illustrated by Michael Austin.

Feldman, Jody. 2008. The Gollywhopper Games. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Flaherty, A.W. 2007. The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating. Illustrated by Scott Magoon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Holt, Kimberly Willis. 2007. Piper Reed: Navy Brat. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Kerley, Barbara. 2008. What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic Press.

Law, Ingrid. 2008. Savvy. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Look, Lenore. 2008. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things. New York: Swartz & Wade Books.

Lupica, Mike. 2007. Two-Minute Drill. New York: Philomel Books.

Mora, Pat. 2007. ¡Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico!: America’s Sproutings. Illustrated by Rafael Lόpez. New York: Lee & Low Books Inc.

Neff, Henry H. 2007. The Hound of Rowan. New York: Random House Books

Nelson, Kadir. 2008. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. New York: Jump At the Sun, Hyperion.

Rappaport, Doreen. 2008. Lady Liberty: A Biography. Illustrated by Matt Tavares. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Schulman, Janet. 2008. Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City. Illustrated by Meilo So. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Speck, Katie. 2007. Maybelle in the Soup. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Spinelli, Eileen. 2007. Where I Live. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. 2008. Help Me, Mr. Mutt! New York: Harcourt, Inc.

Wolf, Joan M. 2007. Someone Named Eva. New York: Clarion. Hardcover.
 

 



 


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See an interactive website made possible by the partnership of Sagebrush Econo-Clad Books and the Texas Bluebonnet Award Committee of the Texas Library Association. This site offers streaming book talks for each nominated title with English and Spanish transcripts (available September 2003), and background information on each book and author.
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