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2011 2X2 Reading List

The 2 X 2 Reading List is a project of the Children's Round Table, a unit of the Texas Library Association. The 2 X 2 Committee's selects a list of 20 recommended books for children, age two to grade two, after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students, and others.

Disappearing Desmond	Anna Alter	Knopf Books for Young Readers. Ages 4-8.
LMNO Peas	Keith Baker	Beach Lane Books. Ages 4-8. E FIC BAK
Let’s Save the Animals: Flip-the-Flap Book	Frances Barry	Candlewick. Ages 4-8. BDB BAR
Shark vs. Train	Chris Barton, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld.	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Ages 4-8. E FIC BAR
One Pup’s Up	Marsha Wilson Chall, illustrated by Henry Cole.	Margaret K. McElderry. Ages 4-8. E FIC CHA
Dancing Feet	Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown.	Knopf Books for Young Readers. Ages 2-5. E FIC CRA
In the Wild	David Elliott, illustrated by Holly Meade.	Candlewick. Ages 4-8. E 811.54 EL
Rubia and the Three Osos	Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Melissa Sweet.	Hyperion Books. Ages 4-8.
Chicken Big	Keith Graves	Chronicle Books. Ages 4-8. E FIC GRA
Tuck Me In!	Dean Hacohen, illustrated by Sherry Scharschmidt.	Candlewick. Ages 2-5. E FIC HAC
Say Hello!	Rachel Isadora	Putnam Juvenile. Ages 4-8. E FIC ISA
1+1=5: and Other Unlikely Additions	David LaRochelle, illustrated by Brenda Sexton.	Sterling. Ages 4-8.
Swim! Swim!	Lerch	Scholastic Press. Ages 4-8. E FIC SWI
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!	Grace Lin	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Ages 4-8. E1 FIC LIN
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes	Salley Mayor	Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. Ages 4-8.
Who Said Coo?	Deborah Ruddell, illustrated by Robin Luebs.	Beach Lane Books. Ages 4-8. E 811.6 RU
Chalk	Bill Thomson	Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books. Ages 4-8. E FIC THO
A Balloon for Isabel	Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Laura Rankin.	Greenwillow Books. Ages 4-8. E FIC UND
A Beach Tail	Karen Lynn Williams, illustrated by Floyd Cooper	Boyds Mills Press. Ages 4-8. E FIC WIL
Cat the Cat Who is That?	Mo Willems	Balzer+Bray. Ages 4-8. E1 FIC WIL

For more information about this award visit the Texas Library Association's 2X2 Reading List Web page.

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