Bluebonnet Reading List

2002-2003

  • Avi. Ereth’s Birthday. Brian Floca, Illustrator. HarperCollins, 2000.
  • Barasch, Lynne. Radio Rescue. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
  • Bonners, Susan. Edwina Victorious. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
  • Borden, Louise and Mary Kay Kroeger. Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman. Teresa Flavin, Illustrator. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2001.
  • Clements, Andrew. The School Story. Brian Selznick, Illustrator. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001.
  • Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
  • Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark. Henri Sorensen, Illustrator. Peachtree Publishers, 2000.
  • Facklam, Margery. Spiders and Their Web Sites. Alan Male, Illustrator. Little, Brown and Company, 2001.
  • Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2000.
  • Kerley, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. Brian Selznick, Illustrator. Scholastic Press, 2001.
  • LaMarche, Jim. The Raft. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.
  • Nagda, Ann Whitehead. Dear Whiskers. Stephanie Roth, Illustrator. Holiday House, 2000.
  • Park, Barbara. The Graduation of Jake Moon. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000.
  • Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic Press, 2000.
  • Sanderson, Ruth. The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring. Little, Brown and Company, 2001.
  • Stanley, Diane. The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
  • Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. Janet Stevens, Illustrator. Harcourt, Inc., 2001.
  • Tanaka, Shelley. Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II. David Craig, Illustrator. Hyperion/Madison Press, 2001.
  • Woodson, Jacqueline. The Other Side. E. B. Lewis, Illustrator. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001.
  • Yep, Laurence. Cockroach Cooties. Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.

 

The Texas Bluebonnet Award committee selected the 2002-2003 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List titles after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students and others. Each book on the list has been favorably reviewed in a professional review source.