Texas Bluebonnet Award
2002-2003 Master List

Avi. Ereth’s Birthday. Brian Floca, Illustrator. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-380-97734-6, $15.95. 

Barasch, Lynne. Radio Rescue. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. ISBN 0-374-36166-5, $16.00.

Bonners, Susan. Edwina Victorious. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. ISBN 0-374-31968-5, $16.00.

Borden, Louise and Mary Kay Kroeger. Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman. Teresa Flavin, Illustrator. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2001. ISBN 0-689-82457-2, $16.00.

Clements, Andrew. The School Story. Brian Selznick, Illustrator. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. ISBN 0-689-82594-3, $16.00.

Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog. Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. ISBN 0-06-029289-X, $14.95.

Deedy, Carmen Agra. The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark. Henri Sorensen, Illustrator. Peachtree Publishers, 2000. ISBN 1-56145-208-4, $16.95.

Facklam, Margery. Spiders and Their Web Sites. Alan Male, Illustrator. Little, Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-27329-5, $15.95.

Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2000. ISBN 0-689-82933-7, $16.00.

Kerley, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. Brian Selznick, Illustrator. Scholastic Press, 2001. ISBN 0-439-11494-2, $16.95.

LaMarche, Jim. The Raft. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-688-13978-7, $15.95.

Nagda, Ann Whitehead. Dear Whiskers. Stephanie Roth, Illustrator. Holiday House, 2000. ISBN 0-8234-1495-7, $15.95.

Park, Barbara. The Graduation of Jake Moon. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000. ISBN 0-689-83912-X, $15.00.

Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic Press, 2000. ISBN 0-439-12041-1, $15.95. Audiobook: Listening Library/Random House, 2001. ISBN 0-8072-8862-4, $30.00.

Sanderson, Ruth. The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring. Little, Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-76906-1, $15.95.

Stanley, Diane. The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine. HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. ISBN 0-06-029619-4, $15.95.

Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon. Janet Stevens, Illustrator. Harcourt, Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-15-202298-8, $17.00.

Tanaka, Shelley. Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the Day America Entered World War II. David Craig, Illustrator. Hyperion/Madison Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7868-0736-9, $19.99.

Woodson, Jacqueline. The Other Side. E. B. Lewis, Illustrator. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001. ISBN 0-399-23116-1, $16.99.

Yep, Laurence. Cockroach Cooties. Hyperion Books for Children, 2000. ISBN 0-7868-2419-0, $15.99.

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The TBA Committee selected the 2002-2003 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List titles after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students and others. The Master List books, all recommended by one or more reviewing sources, should be evaluated in terms of each library’s selection policy. It is not mandatory that a school or public library purchase all titles listed.

Release date: November 17, 2001