Texas State Reading Lists

Hardcourt

Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association

Celebrate seventy-five years of the NBA in this exciting and beautifully illustrated middle grade account of the legendary athletes, coaches, and t...

When the Sky Glows

Uncover the science behind the beautiful and vast array of natural events that make the sky glow all over the world in this enlightening nonfiction...

The Beak Book

From Caldecott Honor illustrator Robin Page comes this striking nonfiction STEM picture book exploring the fascinating and surprising ways differen...

Powerless

A New York Times bestseller! This sparkling edition includes a special case stamping, bonus content, and a teaser to book two in this heart-poundin...

Tender Beasts

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother’s name in this “creepily potent...

Where the Dark Stands Still

A New York Times bestseller A girl with dangerous magic makes a risky bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous power in this “dark, devasta...

Love, Off the Record

A USA TODAY bestseller The Hating Game meets Alex, Approximately in this “incredibly engaging, funny, and sweet” (School Library Journal, starred r...

All Alone with You

Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this “simmering” (Publishers Weekly) novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner sta...

You So Black

Based on Theresa Wilson’s (a.k.a. Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.’s) beautiful, viral spoken word poem of the same name, You So Black is a picture boo...

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fantastical middle grade debut perfect for fans of t...

The Clackity

Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award | Cybils Award Selection of the New York Public Library Best Books for Kids | Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s C...

Rules for Vampires

The Nevermoor series meets Hotel Transylvania in this “delightful and spooky” (Booklist) debut middle grade adventure set in a world of talking spi...

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fantastical middle grade debut perfect for fans of t...

Remembering

Three starred reviews! A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book A Chicago Public Library Best Book A family remembers their beloved pet dog through the...

Our Pool

On a hot day, people come from all over the city to spend the day at the pool in this joyful picture book that’s a love song to summer, the city, c...

Tiny Dancer

A teenage ballet dancer struggles to find her next step, and her place in the world, in this exquisite graphic memoir—a follow-up to the Sibert Hon...

Wizkit

An Adventure Overdue

Hilda and the Troll meets The Okay Witch in this delightfully whimsical middle grade graphic novel about a magical cyclops cat on her first trip aw...

The Magma Cup

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova meets the HiLo series in this second book in the action-packed Sort of Super middle grade graphic novel series that fo...

Misfit Mansion

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends meets Hilda and the Troll in this spooky and sweet middle grade graphic novel about a monster girl who sneaks o...

Yetis Are the Worst!

In this hilarious follow-up to Unicorns Are the Worst! and Dragons Are the Worst!, Gilbert the Goblin’s next adventure takes him to the frozen tund...

Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends

Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1

A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Graphic Novel & Comic A New York Public Library Best Book A Chicago Public Library Best...

Geraldine Pu and Her Lucky Pencil, Too!

Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 3

Spunky, funny, and friendly Geraldine Pu writes a story for class in this third book in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series!Geraldine Pu lov...

The Big Cheese

Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1

In the second Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book about a mouse named Figgy and a rat named Boone, the friends discover a big wheel of cheese!When ...

A Game of Noctis

An “exciting, fast-moving” (School Library Journal) middle grade fantasy about a girl who must participate in a deadly game with a ragtag team of p...

Welcome to Scare School

A young ghost tries his best to fit in with the rest of the ghouls in this sweet and spooky chapter book by acclaimed author Jarrett Lerner.Bash, a...

Stuntboy, In-Between Time

From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to the hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed mi...

Wrath of the Rain God

Twins coping with moving to a new city get swept back in time by a magical book in this first book in the Legendarios chapter book series that’s Ma...

The Ghost of Spruce Point

A young boy must unravel a curse to save his family’s beloved Maine motel in this spooky, “tightly paced” (Publishers Weekly) middle grade novel su...

The Polter-Ghost Problem

Three best friends discover a haunted orphanage and get swept up in ghoulish shenanigans in this “laugh-out-loud, high-action read” (Kirkus Reviews...

Cultivando a un artista (Growing an Artist)

La historia de un jardinero paisajista y su hijo

El galardonado artista John Parra nos trae un conmovedor y engañosamente simple cuento infantil ilustrado inspirado por su propia niñez, sobre el l...

Jerry Changed the Game!

How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever

Junior Library Guild Selection | Eureka! Excellence in Nonfiction Honor | CBC Best STEM Book List | Mathical Book Prize Honor | BCALA Youth Literar...

Fred's Big Feelings

The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

An inspiring picture book biography about the inimitable Fred Rogers, beloved creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.Fred Rogers was a qui...

Muffled

A young girl learns how to cope with her noise sensitivity and step outside of her comfort zone in this heartwarming middle grade novel that’s perf...

The Amelia Six

“A cozy whodunit that cheerfully affirms girls’ and women’s contributions to aerospace.” —Kirkus Reviews “Comparisons with Nancy Drew and Sammy Key...