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2026 Texas Topaz Youth Nonfiction Reading List

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The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulate reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Youth Reading List. Here are the items from the 2026 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information, check out the Texas Library Association’s website!

GRADES K-2

BATS BENEATH THE BRIDGE by Janet Nolan (DBC 30701)
SAFE CROSSING by Kari Percival (IN PROCESS)
VOLCANOES by Neil Cross Beckerman (DB 130374)

GRADES 3-5

FRIENDSHIP TRAIN: A TRUE STORY OF HELPING AND HEALING AFTER WORLD WAR II by Debbie Levy (DB 130858 IN PROCESS)

GRADES 6-8

SEEDS OF DISCOVERY: HOW BARBARA MCCLINTOCK USED CORN AND CURIOSITY TO SOLVE A SCIENCE MYSTERY AND WIN A NOBEL PRIZEby Lori Alexander (IN PROCESS)

GRADES 9-12

DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Candace Fleming (DB 129360)
PUTIN VS ZELENSKY: THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR: WHY IT’S HAPPENING AND HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED by Ben Thompson (IN PROCESS)
SHACKLED: A TALE OF WRONGED KIDS, ROGUE JUDGES, AND A TOWN THAT LOOKED AWAY by Candy J. Cooper (DB 120688)