Books:

Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, published by Union Square & Co., 2025

Broken by X. Fang, published by Tundra, 2025

Resources:

https://betsy-bird.com/

https://www.andreatsurumi.com/

https://www.xfang.studio/

https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf

https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipulatives/building-sets/playstix/p/DB251/?srsltid=AfmBOoqHBHAqzTwpYE96_3Fy9l3zUeyLOlE42o6DM2oubSa7e6nrAPmP

Books:

Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Reggie Brown, published by Candlewick Press, 2024

Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey, published by Scholastic Press, 2014

Resources:

https://cbweatherford.com/

https://reggiebrownart.com/

https://www.aaronblabey.com/

https://www.scholastic.com/site/pig-the-pug.html

https://www.basicfun.com/knex/

Books:

Big Bike, Little Bike by Kellie DuBay Gillis, illustrated by Jacob Souva, published by HarperCollins, 2025

Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey Tabor, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025

Resources:

https://www.kelliedubaygillis.com/

https://www.twofishillustration.com/

https://www.kevaplanks.com/

https://www.kevaplanks.com/shop/category/electronic-resources-free-resources-35

https://www.coreyrtabor.com/

https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf

Books:

Bruce Saves the Planet by Ryan T. Higgins, published by Disney-Hyperion, 2025

Our Planet: There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield, published by Henry Holt and Company, 2022

Resources:

https://www.rodeenliterary.com/ryan-t-higgins

https://sphero.com/products/indi-student-kit?variant=41964666847277

https://www.stacymcanulty.com/

https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/

Books:

Bear and the Three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino, published by Holiday House (an imprint of Penguin Random House), 2025

Big Enough by Regina Linke, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2025

Resources:

http://www.patrickhornebooks.com/

http://www.danyaccarino.com/

https://reginalinke.com/

https://www.learningresources.com/item-stem-robot-mouse?srsltid=AfmBOor2trQLrHaQJORWZcR9ZMnvwVpfwFPze1FYeI-A-3B4g2BUe68B

Books:

The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020

Grumpy Monkey: Spring Fever by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang, published by Random House Studio, 2024

Resources:

https://www.danielkirk.com/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/222967/suzanne-lang/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/305598/max-lang/

https://primotoys.com/

Books:

You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant, published by Two Lions (an imprint of Amazon publishing ) 2014

We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller, published by Hyperion Books for Children 2016

Resources:

http://www.annakang.com/

http://christopherweyant.com/

https://lauriekellerbooks.com/

Makerspace Spotlight:

Fisher Price Think and Learn Code-a-pillar

https://m.service.mattel.com/us/Technical/productDetail?prodno=DKT39

Books:

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed and illustrated by Stasia Burrington, published by Harper Collins, 2018

Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long, published by Viking, 2021

Other resources:

https://rodaworld.com/

https://www.stasiaburringtonart.com/

https://www.theamandagorman.com/

https://lorenlong.com/

https://guidecraft.com/products/guidecraft-io-blocks-education-set

Books:

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of MacMillian Children’s Publishing Group, 2017

Hot Dog by Doug Salati, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2022

Resources:

https://www.matthewcordell.com/

https://dougsalati.com/

https://magnatiles.com/collections/all?srsltid=AfmBOoqaUbOr-gmBoFxv3Dg4PeL7YB-I1R3BPbTPyO34toUKORwS5aho

We are kicking off season 2 and look forward to sharing some incredible books with our listeners.