2023-2024 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

The Beatryce prophecy

DiCamillo, Kate,


Booklist starred, May2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September2021. Horn Book Starred, September2021. Kirkus Starred, August2021. Library Media Connection, August2021. New York Times, September2021. Pub Weekly, July2021. School Library Journal, October2021. "When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy"--BTCat.
Date Published:2021

Booklist starred, May2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, September2021. Horn Book Starred, September2021. Kirkus Starred, August2021. Library Media Connection, August2021. New York Times, September2021. Pub Weekly, July2021. School Library Journal, October2021. "When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy"--BTCat.

Date Published:2021

Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua,


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Pub Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, October2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, January2022. Horn Book, January2022. Kirkus Review, September2014. Library Media Connection, January2015. Pub Weekly, January2022. School Library Journal, August2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October2014. This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history--from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created--and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
Date Published:2022

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre. Pub Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, October2021. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, January2022. Horn Book, January2022. Kirkus Review, September2014. Library Media Connection, January2015. Pub Weekly, January2022. School Library Journal, August2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October2014. This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history--from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created--and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.

Date Published:2022

Gladys the magic chicken

Rubin, Adam, 1983-,


Junior Library Guild. In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.
Date Published:2021

Leave it to Plum

Phelan, Matt,


Junior Library Guild. Every day at the Athensville Zoo the peacocks are allowed to wander freely among the visitors, delighting and guiding kids and grownups alike, and kind, curious Plum is the peacock most proud of their responsibility.
Date Published:2023

The legend of Gravity : a tall basketball tale

Palmer, Charly,


Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December2021. Horn Book Starred, January2022. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus Review, December2021. School Library Journal, April2022. "A tall tale about a local basketball hero nicknamed Gravity"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2022