2x2 Reading List

The Children’s Round Table (CRT), a Texas Library Association unit, is pleased to announce the 2020 2×2 Reading List. This carefully curated list includes 20 titles recommended for children age two to grade two. Designed to encourage independent reading, the 2×2 list can be used by parents, caregivers, and teachers to introduce children to a variety of quality books.

2020 2x2 Reading list

Another by Christian Robinson (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019)

Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (Little, Brown and Company, 2019)

Cake by Sue Hendra, illustrated by Paul Linnett (Aladdin, 2019)

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019)

Dandy by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Little, Brown and Company, 2019)

Duck! by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Nathaniel Eckstrom (Candlewick Press, 2019)

Fergal and the Bad Temper by Robert Starling (Imprint, 2019)

Give Me Back My Bones! by Kim Norman, illustrated by Bob Kolar (Candlewick Press, 2019)

I Am a Tiger by Karl Newson, illustrated by Ross Collins (Scholastic Press, 2019)

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Pena (Kokila, An Imprint of Penguin Random House, 2019)

Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Ebony Glenn (Harper, An imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2019)

Ogilvy by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by T. L. McBeth (Godwin Books, 2019)

Perfect by Max Amato (Scholastic Press, 2019)

Saturday by Oge Mora (Little, Brown and Company, 2019)

Seeds Move by Robin Page (Beach Lane Books, 2019)

The Goose Egg by Liz Wong (Alfred A. Knopf, 2019)

The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Hannah Marks (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2019)

Truman by Jean Reidy, illustrated Lucy Ruth Cummins (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2019)

Underwear by Jenn Harney (Disney – Hyperion, 2019)

Watch Out for Wolf! by Anica Mrose Rissi, illustrated Charles Santoso (Disney – Hyperion, 2019)