How is the TBA master list selected?
The Texas Bluebonnet Award Selection Committee is responsible for selection of the books on each year’s master list. Librarians, teachers, parents, students and other interested persons are invited to submit recommendations for each years list. The suggestion form is located on the TBA website. In selecting titles, the committee considers childrens interests, relevant content, reputable reviews, and literary quality. Both fiction and nonfiction books are represented. The author must be a living U.S. citizen or an author who resides in the United States. Books considered for the master list must have been published in the United States. Only titles published within the three years prior to the master list release date are considered. Textbooks and new editions of existing titles are ineligible. A new master list of twenty books is released each year in November.
