Children's Literature: Texas Bluebonnet Award
Texas Bluebonnet
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ns for the Texas Bluebonnet Award are solicited from librarians, teachers, parents, students and other interested persons. A new list of twenty books is released each year at the Texas Book Festival in October. In selecting titles, the committee considers student interests, relevant content, reputable reviews, and literary quality. Both fiction and nonfiction books are represented. The author must be a living U.S. citizen or an author who resides and publishes in the United States.
You may view lists of present and past winners at the Texas Library Association website.
These are just a few of the Texas Bluebonnet award-winning titles available at the Derrell C. Roberts Library. To view the complete list, search the catalog under the subject heading: Texas Bluebonnet Award.
A Dog Called Kitty by Call Number: PZ7.W15473 DoISBN: 0823403769Publication Date: 1980-01-01The puppy was small and fuzzy, with a friendly, wagging tail - and Ricky was afraid of him! No wonder, since he was attacked by a dog when he was just a baby. So when a stray puppy comes sniffling around the farm, Ricky tells it to get lost. But the puppy keeps trying to play with Ricky. And every time Ricky's Mom feeds the cats, the little dog comes running. The cats aren't sharing their food, however, and the poor pup is slowly starving. If Ricky doesn't overcome his fear, the little puppy may die - but if he lets himself get close enough to feed it, he may find the best friend he's ever had!
The Hot and Cold Summer by Call Number: PZ7.H9574 Ho 2003ISBN: 0590428586Publication Date: 1985-07-01Rory and Derek are best friends forever...at least that's what they think--until they meet Bolivia. She's visiting next door all summer and everyone wants the three of them to be buddies. But since she's a girl, Rory and Derek decide to ignore her completely. Except it's not so easy to ignore someone who has her own pet parrot and who likes to make snowballs--out of ice-cream!
Skinnybones by Call Number: PZ7.P2197 Sk 1997ISBN: 067988792XPublication Date: 1997-07-08For the smallest kid on the baseball team, Alex “Skinnybones” Frankovitch has a major-league big mouth! But when he brags his way into a pitching contest, this might be one mess that not even Alex can talk his way out of.
Wait till Helen Comes by Call Number: PZ7.H1256 Wai 1986ISBN: 0899194532Publication Date: 1986-09-22Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them.
