Blue Crab Award Winners at Howard County Library

Abracadabra! : Magic with Mouse and Mole /

Author: Yee, Wong Herbert.
ISBN: 9780618759262;0618759263
Year: 2007
Date added: 11/01/2007
Summary: Mole is mad about magic until he takes his friend Mouse to a show that turns out to be all tricks, but then Mouse conjures up a special night program to show him the enchantment found in nature.
Subjects: Nature - Fiction. - Magic tricks - Mice - Moles (Animals)
Call number: E YEE

Baa-choo! /

Author: Weeks, Sarah.
ISBN: 0060292369;9781415649763
Year: 2004
Date added: 11/15/2004
Summary: When Sam the lamb has trouble sneezing, the other animals try to help.
Subjects: Sheep - Fiction. - Sneezing - Domestic animals - Stories in rhyme
Call number: ER WEE

Chameleon, chameleon /

Author: Cowley, Joy.
ISBN: 0439666538
Year: 2005
Date added: 10/27/2005
Subjects: Chameleons.
Call number: J597.95C

Good dog, Aggie /

Author: Ries, Lori.
ISBN: 9781570916458
Year: 2009
Date added: 03/19/2009
Summary: When Aggie the dog does not mind, Ben takes her to obedience school which ends in disaster, but while practicing at home one day Ben realizes what really motivates Aggie to mind.
Subjects: Obedience - Fiction. - Dogs - Training - Pets
Call number: E Rie

Hi, Fly Guy /

Author: Arnold, Tedd
ISBN: 9780439639033;0439639034
Year: 2005
Date added: 10/18/2005
Summary: When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
Subjects: Flies - Fiction. - Pet shows
Call number: E ARN

How Oliver Olson changed the world /

Author: Mills, Claudia.
ISBN: 9780374334871;0374334870;9780312672829
Year: 2009
Date added: 05/29/2009
Summary: Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
Subjects: Parenting - Fiction. - Legislators - Colorado - Self-realization - Solar system - Diorama - Science projects - Schools
Call number: JF MIL

Hunting sharks /

Author: Nelson, Kristin L.
ISBN: 9780822546719
Year: 2003
Date added: 06/03/2004
Summary: Introduces the behavior, physical characteristics, and life cycle of the shark.
Subjects: Sharks.
Call number: J597.31N

Keena Ford and the second-grade mix-up /

Author: Thomson, Melissa,
ISBN: 9780142413968;0142413968;9780803732636
Year: 2009
Date added: 09/11/2009
Summary: Keena Ford doesn't mean to be a troublemaker, but sometimes things get out of hand. Lucky for her, it's the beginning of the second grade and Keena's got a clean slate. So when her new second-grade teacher, Ms. Campbell, mistakenly thinks it's her birthda
Subjects: Honesty - Fiction. - Miscommunication - Cake - African Americans - Diaries - Fiction - Teachers
Call number: JF THO

My people /

Author: Hughes, Langston,
ISBN: 9781416935407;1416935401
Year: 2009
Date added: 01/09/2009
Subjects: African Americans - Poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.
Call number: J811.52H

Never smile at a monkey : and 17 other important things to remember /

Author: Jenkins, Steve,
ISBN: 9780618966202
Year: 2009
Date added: 10/05/2009
Subjects: Dangerous animals.
Call number: J591.65J

The next-door dogs /

Author: Rodowsky, Colby F.
ISBN: 9780374364106;0374364109
Year: 2005
Date added: 02/21/2006
Summary: Although terrified of dogs, nine-year-old Sara forces herself to face a labrador retriever and a dalmatian when she must help her next-door neighbor, who has fallen and broken her leg.
Subjects: Dogs - Fiction. - Fear - Courage - Fiction - Neighborliness
Call number: JF ROD

Our three bears /

Author: Hirschi, Ron.
ISBN: 9781590780152
Year: 2008
Date added: 02/24/2009
Subjects: Bears.
Call number: J599.78H

Pirate Mom /

Author: Underwood, Deborah.
ISBN: 0375933239
Year: 2006
Date added: 02/05/2008
Summary: When a hypnotist convinces Pete's mother that she is a pirate, Pete tries to find a way to turn her back into a regular parent.
Subjects: Hypnotism - Fiction. - Humorous stories - Mothers and sons - Pirates
Call number: ER Und

Platypus! /

Author: Clarke, Ginjer L.
ISBN: 0375924175
Year: 2004
Date added: 09/16/2004
Summary: Simply describes what a platypus looks like, where it lives, and how it swims, builds a nest, cares for its eggs, and raises its babies.
Subjects: Platypus.
Call number: J599.29C

See Pip point /

Author: Milgrim, David.
ISBN: 0689851162;0689851405
Year: 2003
Date added: 02/03/2004
Summary: When Pip the mouse floats off with Otto the robot's balloon, Otto and Zee the Bee go to the rescue.
Subjects: Balloons - Fiction. - Bees - Mice - Robots - Fiction - Friendship
Call number: ER Mil

Smarter than squirrels /

Author: Nolan, Lucy A.
ISBN: 0761451846;9780761451846
Year: 2004
Date added: 02/11/2009
Summary: Recounts the adventures of a rambunctious dog who thinks her name is Down Girl and her next door neighbor, Sit, as they try to keep the world safe from dangerous squirrels, the paper boy, and a frightening creature named Here Kitty Kitty.
Subjects: Humorous stories - Dogs - Fiction.
Call number: JF Nol

Stuart goes to school /

Author: Pennypacker, Sara,
ISBN: 0439301823;0439301831
Year: 2003
Date added: 07/24/2003
Summary: Worried about his first day at a new school, eight-year-old Stuart wears his magic cape and hopes that it will help him.
Subjects: Worry - Fiction. - Magic - Clothing and dress - First day of school - Fiction
Call number: JF PEN

Turtle tide : the ways of sea turtles /

Author: Swinburne, Stephen R.
ISBN: 1590780817
Year: 2005
Date added: 08/22/2005
Subjects: Turtles. - Sea turtles.
Call number: J597.92S

Who likes the rain? /

Author: Kaner, Etta.
ISBN: 9781553378419;1553378415
Year: 2007
Date added: 11/20/2008
Summary: "Rain--it makes puddles for jumping in, helps birds to clean their feathers and brings out snails and worms. But what is rain? And how does it transform the world around us?..."--Cover back.
Subjects: Rain and rainfall. - Toy and movable books.
Call number: J551.577K

Wolfsnail : a backyard predator /

Author: Campbell, Sarah C.,
ISBN: 9781590785546
Year: 2008
Date added: 07/21/2009
Subjects: Rosy wolfsnail.
Call number: J594.38C