2017-2018 Tejas Star Reading List

The Tejas Star Reading List Task Force annually selects a recommended reading list of bilingual English/Spanish books or books written in Spanish from books published in the three years prior to the list being published. The list is prepared for use by children ages 5-12.

The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) provides a recommended reading list developed by TLA member librarians from the Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL), the Children’s Round Table, Public Library Division (PLD), and the Latino Caucus. The purpose of the list is to encourage children ages 5-12 to explore multicultural books and to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism.

The program began as the Tejas Star Book Award, created by the Region One ESC Library Advisory Committee. TLA's Tejas Star Reading List Task Force assumed responsibility for the list in 2012.

2017-2018 Tejas Star Reading List

Agard, John. Libro: una autobiografía. (Book: My autobiography).  Illustrated by Neil Packer. Translated by Diana Luz Sánchez F. Editorial Santillana S.A., 2016. ISBN: 9786070129483. (Ages 10-13)

Argueta, Jorge. Salsa: un poema para cocinar / Salsa: A cooking poem. Groundwood Books. ISBN: 9781554984428. (Ages 6-11)

Argueta, Jorge. 2016. Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds.  Groundwood Books.  ISBN: 9781554988495. (Ages 9-12)

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. 2016. La guerra que salvó mi vida. ( The War that Saved My Life). Editorial Santillana S. A.,  ISBN: 9786070128875. (Ages 9-12)

Brown, Dinah. 2015.  ¿Quién es Malala Yousafzai? (Who is Malala Yousafzai?) Santillana USA.  ISBN: 9781631134180. (Ages 8-12)

Bryant, Jennifer. 2016. La palabra exacta: Roget y su tesauro. (The Right Word: Roget and his thesaurus).   Editorial Santillana S. A.  ISBN: 9786070129889. (Ages 8-12)

Buitrago, Jairo. 2016. Dos conejos blancos. (Two White Rabbits). Groundwood. ISBN: 9781554989034. (Ages 4-7)

Campoy, F. Isabel. 2014. Poesía eres tú: antología poética. (Poetry Is You: An anthology of poetry).  Santillana USA. ISBN: 9781631139642. (Ages 7-10)

Cohen-Janca, Irene. 2016. El último viaje del doctor Korczak y sus hijos. (Mister Doctor: Janusz Korczak and the orphans of the Warsaw ghetto).  Santillana S.A.,  ISBN: 9786070129926. (Ages 9-12)

Delacre, Lulú. 2016. ¡Olinguito, de La A a la Z! Descubriendo el bosque nublado / Olinguito, from A to Z! Unveiling the cloud forest.   Lee & Low Books Inc., 2016. ISBN: 9780892393275. (Ages 5-11)  

Gay, Marie-Louise. 2015. ¿Alguna pregunta? (Any Questions?) Santillana S.A.  ISBN: 9786070128073. (Ages 6-9)

Maa'Dhoor, Lilian. Illustrator. 2016. Palabrerías: retahílas, trabalenguas, colmos y otros juegos de palabras. (Palavers: mantras, tongue twisters, “colmos” and other Spanish language word games). Santillana USA. ISBN: 9781682922286. (Ages 6-12)

MacLachlan, Patricia. 2016. Los matices de Matisse. (The Iridescence of Birds).  Editorial Santillana S. A.  ISBN: 9786070129933. (Ages 4-7)

Marshall, Linda Elovitz. 2016. Rainbow Weaver = Tejedora del arcoiris. Lee & Low,  ISBN: 9780892393749. (Ages 5-8)

Mistral, Gabriela. 2016. Rondas, poemas y jugarretas. (Circle songs, Poems and silly games).  Santillana USA. ISBN: 9781682921234. (Ages 8-11)

Pelegrín, Ana. 2014. Letras para armar poemas. (Letters to Assemble Poems). Editorial Santillana S. A.  ISBN: 9786070131059. (Ages 8-12)

Saldaña Jr., René. 2016. Un misterio más grande que grandísimo: Colección Mikey Rangel, detective privado / A Mystery Bigger than Big: A Mickey Rangel Mystery. Arte Público Press.  ISBN: 9781558858244. (Ages 8-11)

Smith, David. 2015. ¿Y Si...? Una increíble forma de percibir la realidad. (If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers).  Santillana S.A.  ISBN: 9786070128080. (Ages 8-11)

Tavares, Matt. 2015. Llegar a ser pedro. (Becoming Pedro). Candlewick. ISBN: 9780763679804. (Ages 8-12)