Childrens

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age 12. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses that sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres. Books specifically for children existed at least several hundred years ago.
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The Octopus
Rialto
A Place Between (Lightfall #4)
A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
When You're Brave Enough
Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir
Nell O'Dell Hates Quests (The Golden Crossroads, #1)
The Genie Game (The Genie Game #1)
Princess Academy: The Graphic Novel
Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel
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Last Day Pool Party
Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
Little Ghost's Summerween
Batcat: Seeing Stars! (Batcat, #4)
  • We Are Home When We're Together by Jean Stoffer
    We Are Home When We're Together: Trusting God Through Life's Changes

    Release date: Apr 28, 2026
    We Are Home When We're Together is a warm invitation to cherish memories, embrace change, and remember that whenever you're with family—you're home.

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  • Whale Fall by Elysia Rourke
    Whale Fall

    Release date: Jun 16, 2026
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    Availability: 10 copies available, 2680 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Apr 22 - May 20, 2026

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  • What Bear Said by Jack Wiens
    What Bear Said: About Life, Love, & Other Stuff
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    Release date: Nov 19, 2024
    The boy has a lot of questions— hard ones about love, honesty, grief and loss, prejudice, forgiveness, why we are here, and more. Bear's wise answers ...more
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  • The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
    Young World
    Partypooper
    Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
    Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
    Snoop
    The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
    I Am Rebel
    Break (Click #6)
    Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #17)
    The Skull
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    A Place Between (Lightfall #4)
    Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel
    The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12)
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
    Best Woman-Authored Books
    8,749 books — 5,963 voters
    A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
    Best Reads of the Holiday Season
    5,497 books — 1,468 voters

    Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
    Best Children's Books
    5,372 books — 6,973 voters
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
    What Book Got You Hooked?
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    Charlotte’s Web
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
    Where the Wild Things Are
    The Giving Tree
    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
    Matilda
    The Little Prince
    Green Eggs and Ham
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
    The Secret Garden
    Where the Sidewalk Ends

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