Texas Bluebonnet Books
To find out more about the Bluebonnet Books, the authors, and to rate each
of the Bluebonnet books, you can visit the Booktalk
website.
2007 - 2008 Texas Bluebonnet Nominees
The Ballet of the Elephants by Leda Schubert
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley
The Blue Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Down Girl and Sit, On the Road by Lucy Nolan
The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story by Louise Borden
Hubert Invents the Wheel by Claire and Monte Montgomery
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye
The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis
Outside and Inside Mummies by Sandra Markle
Pompei: Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne
Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Who Stole Halloween? by Martha Freeman
The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin
2007 - 2008 Texas 2 x 2 Reading List (ages 2 - 2nd grade)
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
On the Go With Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith Baker
Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best
Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont
Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea by Chris Butterworth
Nutmeg and Barley: A Budding Friendship by Janie Bynum
Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall by Dori Chaconas
For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane
The Friendly Four by Eloise Greenfield
Duck & Goose by Tad Hills
Hooray for Harry by Kim Lewis
Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
Not Afraid of Dogs by Susanna Pitzer
Aggie and Ben: Three Stories by Lori Ries
Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root
Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater
Clip-Clop! by Nicola Smee
Farley Found It! by Bruce Van Patter
Counting Ovejas by Sarah Weeks
Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems By the Numbers by Jane Yolen
Both lists can be found on the Texas Library Association website -
http://www.txla.org/html/reading
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