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2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List
- Act by Kayla Miller
- The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sam Ricks
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling
- Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
- The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington
- Follow Those Zebras: Solving a Migration Mystery by Sandra Markle
- A Hatful of Dragons: and More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny Poems by Vikram Madan
- Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
- The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds
- Lexi Magill and the Teleportation Tournament by Kim Long
- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora
- Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu
- The Secret Garden of George Washington Carverby Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Sharuko: el arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
- Someplace to Call Home by Sandra Dallas
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
- Ways to Make Sunshine by Reneè Watson, illustrated by Nina Mata
- Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2020 Texas 2x2 List
Books recommended for children, age two to grade two!
- Another by Christian Robinson
- Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
- Cake by Sue Hendra, illustrated by Paul Linnett
- Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett
- Dandy by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Charles Santoso
- Duck! by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Nathaniel Eckstrom
- Fergal and the Bad Temper by Robert Starling
- Give Me Back My Bones! by Kim Norman, illustrated by Bob Kolar
- I Am a Tiger by Karl Newson, illustrated by Ross Collins
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Pena
- Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Ogilvy by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by T. L. McBeth
- Perfect by Max Amato
- Saturday by Oge Mora
- Seeds Move by Robin Page
- The Goose Egg by Liz Wong
- The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Hannah Marks
- Truman by Jean Reidy, illustrated Lucy Ruth Cummins
- Underwear by Jenn Harney
- Watch Out for Wolf! by Anica Mrose Rissi, illustrated Charles Santoso
2020 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- Author Winner-Jerry Craft, author of New Kid
- Illustrator Winner-Kadir Nelson, illustrator of The Undefeated
2020 Newbery Medal
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
2020 Caldecott Medal
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
2020 Pura Belpré Awards
- Carlos Hernandez, author of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
- Rafael López, illustrator of Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln