Bluebonnet Award Winners

This is not all of the Bluebonnet Award Winners, but a good place to start.

Updated May 14, 2024
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The oldest student how Mary Walker learned to read
Hubbard, Rita L.
Paper Book
Imagine learning to read at the age of 116! Discover the true story of Mary Walker, the nation's oldest student who did just that, in this picture book from a Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator and a rising star author. In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she...

2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

If I built a school
Van Dusen, Chris author, illustrator.
Paper Book
In this exuberant companion to If I Built a Car, a boy fantasizes about his dream school--from classroom to cafeteria to library to playground. My school will amaze you. My school will astound. By far the most fabulous school to be found! ...

2021 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

Sergeant Reckless the true story of the little horse who became a hero
McCormick, Patricia, 1956- author.
Paper Book
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.  When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had...

2019 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

The last kids on Earth
Brallier, Max
Paper Book
The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Now...

2018 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

Roller girl
Jamieson, Victoria
Paper Book
Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival. So begins the hardest summer of...

2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

The day the crayons quit
Daywalt, Drew
Paper Book
The Number One New York Times Bestseller! Included in BookTrust's 100 Best Books for Children Debut author Drew Daywalt and international bestseller Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful,...

2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner


The strange case of Origami Yoda
Angleberger, Tom.
Paper Book
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....

2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner


Togo
Blake, Robert J.
Paper Book
Based on the true story of the heroic dogs who saved countless lives in Alaska in 1925, this classic tale is a thrilling adventure and a history lesson all in one. Togo wasn't meant to be a sled dog. He was too feisty and independent to make a good team member, let alone a leader...
2005 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

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