The 2022-2023 Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) Master List from the Texas Library Association (TLA) was announced virtually at the Texas Book Festival on Sunday, October 24.
As is tradition, students in grades 3-6 from across Texas revealed the books on the list. you can see their ad here.
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The Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List is one of the most distinguished children’s literature lists in the country.
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jacqui bridges-sheppherd, tba coordinator, said “this prestigious list is made up of titles from creative, talented and diverse authors. The titles on the list offer third through sixth grade students quality fiction and nonfiction literature to read for pleasure.”
tba’s selection committee considered a whopping 1,050 books for this year’s master list.
“titles were chosen that allow the books to act as windows into reality and imaginary worlds while offering insight into another person’s experiences; and mirrors that reflect a reader’s own life or culture as he constructs her identity. this literature also takes into account the interests of students and provides positive feedback for parents, teachers and librarians,” said bridges-sheppherd.
the primary goals of the tba list are to introduce children to a variety of quality books, develop critical reading skills, and honor and encourage authors. To make up the list, the committee selected five outstanding books from various genres for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6.
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each year, more than 100,000 third through sixth graders from across texas vote for their favorite title from the master list. “read 5, then decide” is a catchphrase known to school librarians, public librarians, and homeschooling parents across the state. the winner of the tba award is announced in the spring.
bridges-sheppherd thanked the hard-working committee members for volunteering their time. “To the members of the selection committee, thank you for completing all the reading you did to create this list. I appreciate your critical thinking, thoughtful and insightful comments and conversations. I appreciate that you put in the effort to complete what was asked of you. but most of all I thank each of you for taking the time to select the books for the master list,” she said.
“To the members of the program committee (who develop resources used by teachers and librarians along with tba books) I thank you for completing all of your assignments in such a quick turnaround time. your hard work is always thorough and appreciated. To both committees, I appreciate what you do for Texas librarians and students.”
here is the list, sorted alphabetically by title:
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- amari and the brothers of the night from b.b. alston, illustrated by godwin akpan. (balzer + bray, an imprint of harpercollins children’s books, 2021).
- barefoot dreams of petra luna by alda p. dobbs (sourcebooks for young readers, 2021).
- bartali’s bicycle: the true story of gino bartali, italy’s secret hero by megan hoyt, illustrated by iacopo Bruno. (quill tree books, an imprint of harpercollins children’s books, 2021).
- becoming muhammad ali: a novel by james patterson & kwame alexander, illustrated by dawud anyabwile. (Jimmy Patterson Books, An Imprint of Little Brown & Company, 2020).
- Billy Miller Make a Wish by Kevin Henkes. (greenwillow books, an imprint of harpercollins children’s books, 2021).
- the hungry place by jessie haas. (astra young readers, an astra book imprint for young readers, 2020).
- j.d. and the great barber battle by j. dillard, illustrated by akeem s. roberts (kokila, a footprint of penguin random house/penguin, 2021).
- the lion of mars by jennifer holm. (random house, an imprint of penguin random house publishers, 2021).
- long lost by jacqueline west. (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2021).
- Memoirs of a Turtle by Devin Scillian, Illustrated by Tim Bowers. (sleeping bear press, 2020).
- nightingale by deva fagan (atheneum books for young readers, an print of simon & schuster, inc., 2021).
- No Room for Monsters by kory merritt (houghton mifflin harcourt books for young readers, 2020).
- once upon a time there was a camel by kathi appelt, illustrated by eric rohmann. (atheneum/caitlyn dlouhy books, an imprint of simon & schuster, inc., 2021).
- the only thing you’d save by linda sue park, illustrated by robert sae-heng . (clarion, an imprint of harpercollins publishing, 2021).
- rock by rock: the fantastical garden of nek chand by jennifer bradbury, illustrated by sam buyon. (atheneum/caitlyn dlouhy books, an imprint of simon & schuster, inc., 2021).
- stella by mccall hoyle. (shadow mountain publishing, 2021).
- swish! harlem globetrotters who jump, walk alleys and fly high by suzanne slade, illustrated by don tate. (little brown & company, 2020).
- twins by varian johnson, illustrated by shannon wright. (graphix, a scholastic imprint, 2020).
- unspeakable: the tulsa race massacree by carole boston weatherford, illustrated by floyd Cooper. (carolrhoda, a lerner publications imprint, 2021).
- willodeen by katherine applegate, illustrated by charles santoso. (feiwel & friends, an imprint of the macmillan children’s publishing group, 2021).