Texas Bluebonnet Award Reading Program

Grades 3 through 6

The Texas Bluebonnet Award Reading Program is run by the Texas Library Association. Each year the selection committee takes suggestions from students, teachers, parents, and librarians from around the state of Texas to help create the master list of twenty books. This list serves as the nomination list for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Schools register to promote the books on the master list through fun activities with grades three through six. Students in these grades that have read, or have heard read aloud, at least five books from the list are eligible to vote on their favorite. Voting takes place at the end of January, and the award winner is announced at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference in April. 

Green Elementary students in 3rd through 6th grade are eligible to participate in this optional reading program. The librarian will review the program several times during library time between October 2025 and January 2026. Students are responsible for tracking which books from this year’s list they have read and submitting a form for each completed book. Students can check in at any time to see how many forms have been received by the librarian.

Students who read five or more books will be eligible to vote during library time in January 2026. Students who read ten or more books will also receive an invitation to the Bluebonnet Breakfast in the Green Library.

The digital library below includes links to book trailers for each of the 20 books on this year's list. Parents and students can use the book trailers to decide which 2024-2025 Bluebonnet books are right for them. Just click on the books on the shelf to see the book trailers. Below the shelves are links for Directions and the Reading Response form required for each book read.

2025-2026 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

A Game of Noctis, Deva Fagan

A Plate of Hope, Erin Frankel, illustrated by Paola Escobar

Dogtown, Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wallace West

Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight, Rey Terciero, illustrated by Monica M. Magaña

Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube, Kerry Aradhya, illustrated by Kara Kramer

Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature, Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Julia Patton

Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective, Janet Tashjian, illustrated by Jake Tashijian

Invisible Isabel, Sally J. Pla

It Came from the Trees, Ally Russell

Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God, Karla Arenas Valenti, illustrated by Vanessa Morales

The Liars Society, Alyson Gerber

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All, Chanel Miller

Nimbus, Jan Eldredge

Pedro’s Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to American and Changed the World of Toys, Rob Peñas, illustrated by Carl Angel

Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School, Jarrett Lerner

Stuntboy, In-Between Time, Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Raúl the Third

Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex, Justina Ireland
The Girl Who Figured It Out, Minda Dentler, illustrated by Stephanie Dehennin

The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines, Mo Netz

Volcanoes, Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Kalen Chock