# Texas Bluebonnet Award reading list

**61** books referenced by Texas Bluebonnet Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Texas Bluebonnet Award is a statewide reading program of the Texas Library Association in which students in grades 3-6 read from an annual master list of 20 nominated books and vote for their favorite. The list is refreshed each year, so the titles are Texas-specific and current.

**Framework type:** reading-program
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## Texas Bluebonnet Award reading list

- [A Dog Called Kitty](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dog-called-kitty) by Wallace, Bill _(Grades 3–5)_
- [A Game of Noctis](https://readinglist.school/book/a-game-of-noctis) by Deva Fagan _(Grades 3–6)_
- [A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen](https://readinglist.school/book/a-plate-of-hope) by Erin Frankel _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Aliens for Breakfast](https://readinglist.school/book/aliens-for-breakfast) by Jonathan Etra _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Christina's Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/christinas-ghost) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!](https://readinglist.school/book/cook-a-doodle-doo) by Janet Stevens _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Dogtown](https://readinglist.school/book/dogtown) by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight](https://readinglist.school/book/dona-quixote-rise-of-the-knight) by Rey Terciero _(Grades 3–6)_
- [El Chupacabras](https://readinglist.school/book/el-chupacabras) by Adam Rubin _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube](https://readinglist.school/book/erno-rubik-and-his-magic-cube) by Kerry Aradhya _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-fever-mal-de-fantasma) by Joe Hayes _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature](https://readinglist.school/book/haiku-ew) by Lynn Brunelle _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective](https://readinglist.school/book/hannah-sharpe-cartoon-detective) by Janet Tashjian _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Help Me, Mr. Mutt!](https://readinglist.school/book/help-me-mr-mutt) by Susan Stevens Crummel _(Grades 3–6)_
- [If I Built a School](https://readinglist.school/book/if-i-built-a-school) by Chris Van Dusen _(Grades K–3)_
- [Invisible Isabel](https://readinglist.school/book/invisible-isabel) by Sally J. Pla _(Grades 3–6)_
- [It Came from the Trees](https://readinglist.school/book/it-came-from-the-trees) by Ally Russell _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God](https://readinglist.school/book/legendarios-wrath-of-the-rain-god) by Karla Arenas Valenti _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All](https://readinglist.school/book/magnolia-wu-unfolds-it-all) by Chanel Miller _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Math Curse](https://readinglist.school/book/math-curse) by Jon Scieszka _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Memoirs of a Tortoise](https://readinglist.school/book/memoirs-of-a-tortoise) by Devin Scillian _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Nimbus](https://readinglist.school/book/nimbus) by Jan Eldredge _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade](https://readinglist.school/book/nothings-fair-in-fifth-grade) by Barthe DeClements _(Grades 3–6)_
- [One Potato, Two Potato](https://readinglist.school/book/one-potato-two-potato) by Cynthia DeFelice _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys](https://readinglist.school/book/pedros-yo-yos) by Rob Peñas _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Postcards from Camp](https://readinglist.school/book/postcards-from-camp) by Simms Taback _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Ramona and Her Father](https://readinglist.school/book/ramona-and-her-father) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Roller Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/roller-girl) by Victoria Jamieson _(440L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School](https://readinglist.school/book/scare-school-diaries-welcome-to-scare-school) by Jarrett Lerner _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta](https://readinglist.school/book/seadogs-an-epic-ocean-operetta) by Lisa Wheeler _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_
- [Skinnybones](https://readinglist.school/book/skinnybones) by Barbara Park _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Snot Stew](https://readinglist.school/book/snot-stew) by Bill Wallace _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Stuntboy, In-Between Time](https://readinglist.school/book/stuntboy-in-between-time) by Jason Reynolds _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Superfudge](https://readinglist.school/book/superfudge) by Judy Blume _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex](https://readinglist.school/book/tales-from-cabin-23-the-boo-hag-flex) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus](https://readinglist.school/book/ten-rules-you-absolutely-must-not-break-if-you-want-to-survive-the-school-bus) by John Grandits _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Day the Crayons Quit](https://readinglist.school/book/the-day-the-crayons-quit) by Drew Daywalt _(Grades K–3)_
- [The Dollhouse Murders](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dollhouse-murders) by Betty Ren Wright _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia C. DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Girl Who Figured It Out](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-figured-it-out) by Minda Dentler _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring](https://readinglist.school/book/the-golden-mare-the-firebird-and-the-magic-ring) by Ruth Sanderson _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Hot and Cold Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hot-and-cold-summer) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Houdini Box](https://readinglist.school/book/the-houdini-box) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Last Kids on Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-kids-on-earth) by Max Brallier _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale](https://readinglist.school/book/the-legend-of-gravity-a-tall-basketball-tale) by Charly Palmer _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Liars Society](https://readinglist.school/book/the-liars-society) by Alyson Gerber _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lumbering-giants-of-windy-pines) by Mo Netz _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read](https://readinglist.school/book/the-oldest-student-how-mary-walker-learned-to-read) by Rita Lorraine Hubbard _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stinky-cheese-man-and-other-fairly-stupid-tales) by Jon Scieszka _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Strange Case of Origami Yoda](https://readinglist.school/book/the-strange-case-of-origami-yoda) by Tom Angleberger _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Uglified Ducky](https://readinglist.school/book/the-uglified-ducky) by Willy Claflin _(Grades 3–6)_
- [There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Time for Andrew](https://readinglist.school/book/time-for-andrew) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Togo](https://readinglist.school/book/togo) by Robert J. Blake _(Grades 2–8)_
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Verdi](https://readinglist.school/book/verdi) by Janell Cannon _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Volcanoes](https://readinglist.school/book/volcanoes) by Nell Cross Beckerman _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Wait Till Helen Comes](https://readinglist.school/book/wait-till-helen-comes) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–7)_
- [When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop](https://readinglist.school/book/when-the-beat-was-born-dj-kool-herc-and-the-creation-of-hip-hop) by Laban Carrick Hill _(Grades 3–6)_

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