Texas Bluebonnet Award

 Third through sixth grade students who read at least
5 of the 20 nominated titles are eligible to vote in
the state-wide Texas Bluebonnet Award election
sponsored by the Texas Library Association. The
election is held in of January each year.
The author of the book receiving the most votes will
be the recipient of the annual Texas Bluebonnet
Award which will be presented at the Texas Library
Association Conference in April. 

For additional information, visit the Texas Library Association's website:

http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html

Past year's Texas Bluebonnet Award winners include: 

         

  • 2007:  Ghost Fever, Mal de Fantasma by Joe Hayes 
  • 2006: Sea Dogs  by Lisa Wheeler
  • 2005: Togo by Robert J. Blake
  • 2004: Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy by Phil Bildner
  • 2003: The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson 
  • 2002: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 
  • 2001: Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel 
  • 2000: The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice

 

2007-2008 Master List of Nominated Titles

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy. New York: Knopf, 2005.
Byars, Betsy. Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers. The SOS File. Illustrated by Arthur Howard. New York: Henry Holt, 2004.
Coman, Carolyn. The Big House. Illustrated by Rob Shepperson. Ashville, NC: Front Street, 2004.
Cooper, Susan. The Magician’s Boy. Illustrated by Serena Riglietti. New York: McElderry Books, 2005.
Fleischman, Sid. The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore. New York: Greenwillow, 2005.
Frank, John. The Toughest Cowboy. Illustrated by Zachary Pullen. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Gottfried, Maya. Good Dog. Illustrated by Robert Rahway Zakanitch. New York: Knopf, 2005.
Hayes, Joe. Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma. Illustrated by Mona Pennypacker. El Paso: Cinco Puntos, 2004..
Hill, Elizabeth Starr. Wildfire! Illustrated by Rob Shepperson. New York: Farrar, 2004.
Jackson, Donna M. In Your Face: The Facts About Your Features. New York: Viking, 2004.
LaFevers, R. L. The Forging of the Blade (Lowthar’s Blade Trilogy, Book 1). New York: Dutton, 2004.
McGill, Alice. Sure As Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit & His Walkin’ Talkin’ Friends. Illustrated by Don Tate. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry. New York: Clarion, 2005.
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Book 1). New York: Hyperion, 2005.
Sabuda, Robert and Matthew Reinhart. Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.
Siy, Alexandra and Dennis Kunkel. Mosquito Bite. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2005.
Weeks, Sarah. So B. It: A Novel. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
White, Andrea. Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083. New York: Eos. 2005.
Wiles, Deborah. Each Little Bird That Sings. New York: Gulliver/Harcourt, 2005.
Yoo, Paula. Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story. New York: Lee & Low. 2005.

 

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