Children's literature provides powerful learning and entertainment opportunities that are catalysts to creativity and research.  Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List^SM was selected by the Texas Bluebonnet Award Committee of the Texas Library Association.  Here is a list of the best books for kids! The winner has been announced. Click each title below to browse or order individually. Our newest Kids' Wings Teacher/Kids Guide, Mountains and Valleys, is now available. Extension links for each book are now complete! Be sure you have your sound on to get the full effects!

* Crispin by Avi--Bonus Newbery Medal Unit in the New Kids' Wings Guide, Mountains and Valleys

Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart Vera B. Williams 

Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio Tony Johnston

Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller

Danitra Brown Leaves Town by Nikki Grimes

Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices Paul B. Janeczko

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O’Connor

George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chandra and Madeleine Comora  2nd place in Texas Bluebonnet Voting

The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale Laurie Myers. Michael Dooling, Illustrator

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson 

Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury--Kids' Wings cannot recommend this book to elementary-age children because of the vulgarities in the text

My Chimp Friday: The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman

The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. 

Runaway Radish by Jessie Haas

A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Y. Green

Tippy Lemmey by Patricia C. McKissack

Togo by Robert J. Blake-WINNER OF THE TEXAS BLUEBONNET AWARD

Where I’d Like To Be by Frances O’Roark Dowell