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2025 TAYSHAS Reading List Announced
We’re delighted to announce the 2025 TAYSHAS Reading List! TAYSHAS takes its name from the Caddo Indian word meaning “friends or allies.” Written as texas, texios, tejas, teyas or tayshas, […]
Read More2025 SPOT Reading List Announced
We are so pleased to announce the 2025 SPOT Reading List! The Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading Program hopes to encourage a greater understanding of what it means to be […]
Read More2025 Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Announced
Graphic novels are increasingly popular with readers of all ages. These novels powerfully combine images and text, contain diverse characters, encourage empathy among readers and invite them to explore settings […]
Read More2025 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 […]
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