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Announcing the 2025-2026 Tejas Star Reading List
The Texas Library Association is pleased to announce the 2025-26 Tejas Star Reading List. This carefully curated list of Spanish and bilingual titles is designed to encourage children ages 5 […]
Read MoreThe 2025 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner Is…
Thousands of students across Texas voted, and the results are in! The 2025 Texas Bluebonnet Award winner is Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better, written […]
Read More2025 2×2 Reading List Announced!
The Texas Library Association is delighted to announce the arrival of the 2025 2×2 Reading List! These beautifully illustrated, often humorous, and instructive volumes are the best of recent […]
Read More2025 Lariat Reading List Announced
The 2025 Lariat Reading List is here! The goal of the Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List is to highlight outstanding fiction that is “simply a pleasure to read.” To that end, […]
Read More2025 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 […]
Read More2025 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 […]
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