The Texas Library Association is delighted to announce the arrival of the !
These beautifully illustrated, often witty and instructive volumes are the best of recent books meant for children aged two to grade two. Librarians serving on the Texas Library Association Children’s Round Table 2X2 Committee read through hundreds of books before narrowing down the list to those selected.
The can be read to small children, as well as read by young readers. The list was developed to give parents, caregivers and teachers a curated list of quality books. They are excellent books for storytime at the library or school, bedtime with a parent or grandparent or fun reading at any time.
- A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis
- Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty, illustrated by David Roberts
- Bear Has a Belly by Jane Whittingham
- Berry Song by Michaela Goade
- Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen
- Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhymeby Avery Monsen, illustrated by Abby Hanlon
- Counting to Bananas: A Mostly Rhyming Fruit Book by Carrie Tillotson, illustrated by Estrela Lourenço
- Endlessly Ever After: Pick YOUR Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Dan Santat
- I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming, illustrated by Brandon James Scott
- I’m Hungry/ ¡Tengo hambre! by Angela Dominguez
- Mina by Matthew Forsythe
- Odd Birds: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Flock by Laura Gehl, illustrated by Gareth Lucas
- Perfectly Imperfect Mira by Faith Pray
- Pizza! A Slice of History by Greg Pizzoli
- Powwow Day by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight
- Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Dominique Ramsey
- Somewhere in the Bayou by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
- That’s Not My Name by Anoosha Syed
- Vámonos/ Let’s Go! by Cynthia Weill
- Where in the World Are You? by Marie G. Rohde
Make class copies of the Texas 2X2 Reading Log and have students color in the book title after the book is read and an activity has been completed.