2 X 2 Reading List

2 x 2 Reading List

The 2X2 Reading List is a project of the Children’s Round Table, a unit of the Texas Library Association. The 2X2 Committee‘s charge is to produce a list of 20 recommended books for children, age two to grade two. Click on these resources to help keep track of your reading.

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

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