2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award List

Each year, 20 books are chosen by a Texas Library Association committee of school and public librarians for the Texas Bluebonnet Award List. The list includes titles for grades 3 – 6. Students around the state are encouraged to read a minimum of five books from the list. In January, those students vote for their favorite title. The author of the book receiving the most votes wins the Texas Bluebonnet Award, which is presented at the TLA Annual Conference in the spring.

Updated April 7, 2026
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2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award List

Each year, 20 books are chosen by a Texas Library Association committee of school and public librarians for the Texas Bluebonnet Award List. The list includes titles for grades 3 – 6. Students around the state are encouraged to read a minimum of five books from the list. In January, those students vote for their favorite title. The author of the book receiving the most votes wins the Texas Bluebonnet Award, which is presented at the TLA Annual Conference in the spring.

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Pocket bear
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
An instant New York Times Bestseller! Meet Pocket, created as a good luck charm for soldiers going into battle, whose bravery and loyalty lives on long after the war. From Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Odder and...
The library of unruly treasures
Birdsall, Jeanne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . In this funny, winning, and unexpected adventure from the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of the Penderwicks series, a girl finds herself an unlikely hero when she stumbles upon a big secret about little creatures.
Mixed-up
Garcia, Kami
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia has returned with a middle grade graphic novel about the struggles of a game-loving girl who gets diagnosed with dyslexia and her loving support network that help her along in the journey. Stella knows fifth grade will be...
The trouble with heroes
Messner, Kate
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! A USA Today bestseller! Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick! "Genuinely moving." --The New York Times Book Review "Explores the healing power of...
Will's race for home : a western
Rhodes, Jewell Parker
Paper Book
★ Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award! ★ ★ A New York Times bestseller! ★ ★ "Rhodes deftly captures a unique ­aspect of this historical event, with a perspective...
A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall
Warga, Jasmine
Ebook
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends, a ghost, a missing painting, and a turtle named Agatha. The perfect next read for fans of The Swifts, Kate DiCamillo, and Erin Entrada Kelly.<...
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