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Is That the Bus? is the Margaret Wise Brown Silver Medalist!
We have not one, not two, but FOUR titles on the 2025-26 Tejas Star Reading List!
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How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-Up and Just Us have been recognized as CCBC Choices! Congratulations to Ruth Spiro, Teresa Martínez, Molly Beth Griffin, and Anait Semirdzhyan.
Adela's Mariachi Band and Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber have been recognized as Notable Books of 2025 by the American Library Association! This list honors books of "especially commendable quality" for children. Congratulations to Denise Vega, Erika Rodriguez Medina, Sarah Albee, and Eileen Ryan Ewen.
The Children's Book Council has recognized I Heard, Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa, and Wings to Soar as Notable Social Studies Books of 2025! Congratulations to Jaha Nailah Avery, Steffi Walthall, Leslie Stall Widener, Johnson Yazzie, and Tina Athaide.
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Catch!
Mom and Kiona play a game of catch—but it's harder than it looks! At bedtime, Mom thinks of the perfect thing for Kiona to catch: a kiss.
★ ". . .playfully conceptual. . ."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella
In this retelling of the Cinderella story, a young enslaved girl secretly teaches herself to read and escapes to freedom with help from a different kind of prince.
★ "With rich language and a complex subject matter deftly touched on throughout, this is suitable for intermediate students; it’s no fairy tale, but a retelling that amplifies courage and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges."
—School Library Journal, starred review
Werewolf Hamlet
Ten-year-old Angus Gettlefinger wants to put on a production of Hamlet with werewolves for his fifth-grade legacy project. Maybe then his older brother, Liam, will stop acting like a werewolf—sneaking out at night to get drunk or worse—and be a normal brother again. Preferably by Friday.
★ ". . . rich in wise insights, comical and emotionally wrenching
moments in turn . . ."
—Booklist, starred review
Adela's Mariachi Band
Adela loves everything about her family's mariachi band—and she wants to join them on stage so much. With a little help from her family, can she find her own way to contribute to the show?
★ "Culture and tradition take center stage . . . an affirming reminder that age and size needn't be a barrier to following a passion."
—Shelf Awareness, starred review
On Powwow Day
This board book adaptation of Traci Sorell's (Cherokee) award-winning picture book Powwow Day celebrates the sights and sounds that make a powwow special, with a clever counting concept and luminous art by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw).
★ "This delightful picture book allows Indigenous children to connect with and feel pride in the abundance of powwow participation, and gives all readers a great counting book full of cultural imagery."
—School Library Journal, starred review
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