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Collection Development Statement
The Tejas Star Reading List is not designed to support any particular curriculum. Librarians are not required or expected to purchase every book on the list. Due to the diversity in age range and topics, librarians should follow their local collection development policies and guidelines when considering which titles to purchase for their library.

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The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) provides a recommended reading list to encourage children ages 5-12 to explore multicultural books and to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism. The Tejas Star Reading List is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum.

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 2025-2026 Tejas Star List

A lomo de cuento por Colombia. El hijo del sol y de la luna by Sergio Andricaín, Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, illustrated by Estelí Meza (Vista Higher Learning, 2024).

Acuerdo bajo las estrellas (Agreement Under the Stars)  written and illustrated by Susana Risque (Cuento de Luz SL, 2024).

Apachurrada: una novela gráfica (Squished: A Graphic Novel) by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter, translated by Abel Berriz (Scholastic en español, 2024)

Cuentos de noche: Relatos de Latinoamérica (Night Stories: Folktales from Latin America) by Liniers  (TOON Books, 2024).

Del otro lado by Iván Kerner, illustrated by May Clerici and Iván Kerner (Catapulta, 2023).

Dos amigos: la relación simbiótica entre el ratel y el pájaro de la miel (Two Friends: The Symbiotic Relationship Between the Honey Badger and the Honey Guide Bird) by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Lwillys Tafur (Vista Higher Learning, 2024).

El viaje de Dante by Pablo Stéfano and Bárbara Gelbaum, illustrated by Sol de Angelis (Catapulta, 2024).

Escucha el lenguaje de los árboles: un cuento sobre la comunicación subterránea de los bosques (Listen to the Language of Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground) by Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson (Vista Higher Learning, 2024)

Gracias (Thank You) by Jarvis, translated by Sara Pintado (NubeOcho, 2024).

HaiCuba/HaiKuba: Haikus about Cuba in Spanish and English by Carlos Pintado and Lawrence Schimel, illustrated by Juan José Colsa (Ediciones NorteSur, 2024)

Julieta y el Enigma del Diamante (Julieta and the Diamond Enigma) by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz (Lee & Low Books, 2024).

Las gafas de Carlitos (Charlie’s Eye Glasses) by Margarita del Mazo, illustrated by Guridi (NubeOcho, 2023).

Los mariachis de Adela (Adela’s Mariachi Band) by Denise Vega, illustrated by Erika Rodrígez Medina, translated by Carlos E. Calvo (Charlesbridge, 2024).

No es un frijol (Not a Bean) by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Laura González, translated by Carlos E. Calvo (Charlesbridge, 2024).

No es un monstruo (Not a Monster) by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Laura González, translated by Carlos E. Calvo (Charlesbridge, 2023).

Pieza a pieza: el obsequio de Ernestine para el presidente Roosevelt (Piece by Piece: Ernestine’s Gift for President Roosevelt) by Lupe Ruiz-Flores, illustrated by Anna López Real (Millbrook Press, 2024).

Salvajes en la Ciudad by Teresa Franquesa, illustrated by Pep Montserrat (Combel, 2022).

Un graznido en español (Squak of Spanish) by Gabriella Aldeman, illustrated by Romina Galotta, translated by  Gabriella Aldeman (Charlesbridge, 2024).

Un perro verde con antenas by María Fernanda Heredia, illustrated by Roger Ycaza (Vista Higher Learning, 2024).

Una ranita arbórea: Contando hasta sobrevivir (One Tiny Treefrog: A Countdown to Survival) written and illustrated by Tony Piedra y Mackenzie Joy, translated by Iraida Iturralde  (Candlewick, 2024).

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