• Texas 2x2 List

      2025-2026 Texas 2x2 Books

      The Texas Library Association 2x2 Committee produces a list of 20 recommended books for children, age two years to grade two.

      For more information and activities for the current list, view the TLA site: Texas 2x2 Current List 

       

         

      2025 Texas 2×2 List

        • A Pinecone! by Helen Yoon 
        • Adela’s Mariachi Band by Denise Vega; illustrated by Erika Rodríguez Medina 
        • AHOY! by Sophie Blackall 
        • Bear’s Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers 
        • Duck Goes Meow by Juliette MacIver; illustrated by Carla Martell 
        • Go and Get with Rex by David LaRochelle; illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka 
        • I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff; illustrated by Julie Kwon 
        • Into Goblin Market by Vikki VanSickle; illustrated by Jensine Eckwall 
        • Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right by Mo Willems; illustrated by Dan Santat 
        • Look by Gabi Snyder; illustrated by Samantha Cotterill 
        • Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli 
        • Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christy Mandin 
        • Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm by Lindsay H. Metcalf; illustrated by Xin Li 
        • Pickle Words: Crunchy, Punchy, Pickles, & Poetry by April Pulley Sayre; illustrated by Jialei Sun 
        • Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan 
        • The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood; illustrated by LeUyen Pham 
        • The Spice Box by Meera Sriram; illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat 
        • There Are No Ants in This Book by Rosemary Mosco; illustrated by Anna Pirolli 
        • Towed by Toad by Jashar Awan 
        • We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang