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2025 Lone Star Reading List Announced
The Lone Star Reading List is developed by public and school librarians from the Texas Library Association’s Young Adult Round Table. The purpose of the list is to encourage students […]
Read More2025 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Announced
Graphic novels are engaging and powerful, combining images and text to draw in readers and keep them enthralled. They welcome everyone into a reading conversation, inviting in reluctant readers and […]
Read More2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award List Released
The Texas Library Association’s (TLA) 2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) List was announced at the Texas Book Festival in Austin on Saturday, November 16, 2024. As is tradition, students in […]
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2024-2025 Tejas Star Reading List
The Texas Library Association is pleased to announce the 2024-25 Tejas Star Reading List. This carefully curated list of Spanish and bilingual titles is designed to encourage children ages 5 […]
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The 2024 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner Is…
More than 63,000 students across Texas voted and the results are in! The winner of the 2024 Texas Bluebonnet Award is The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale, written and […]
Read More2024 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List Released
The 2024 Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List is here! Since 2009, the goal of the Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List is to highlight outstanding fiction that is “simply a pleasure to […]
Read MoreThe 2024 2×2 list is here!
The Texas Library Association is delighted to announce the arrival of the 2024 2×2 Reading List! These beautifully illustrated, often humorous and instructive volumes are the best of recent books meant […]
Read More2024 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List Announced
The Texas Library Association is thrilled to announce the new Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List! The purpose of the Texas Topaz Reading List is to provide children, teens, and adults […]
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