To find out more about the Bluebonnet Books, the authors, and to rate each of the Bluebonnet books, you can visit the Booktalk website. Texas Bluebonnet Books
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 .html