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 Girl Who Loved Monsters (A Devilfish Bay Book)
Sleepless
The Ginghams
The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
The Skeleton and the Cat
Trick or Treat on Scary Street
Wolf's Belly
Lost (Unico #3)
Story Rug
I Want Everything! (The Everything Books)
How to Train Your Evil Robot
Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up): An Original Graphic Novel
Better Pets
Death at the Museum (A Box Full of Murders, #2)
Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel)
  • Love Looks Like Lola by Cody Daigle-Orians
    Love Looks Like Lola

    Release date: Aug 21, 2026
    What does love look like? Is it holding hands? Sharing kisses? Getting married? When Claire spends the weekend with her amazing Aunt Lola, she discove ...more
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    Availability: 3 copies available, 1818 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 22 - Aug 20, 2026

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The I Scream Truck by I.M. Eerie
    The I Scream Truck (An Eerie Tale)
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    Release date: Aug 25, 2026
    I’m giving away 5 signed copies of The I Scream Truck, the 2nd book in my middle grade horror series An Eerie Tale. Enter today!
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 2602 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 21 - Aug 20, 2026

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  • Mousie Doesn't Have to Go to Sleep by Karissa Taylor
    Mousie Doesn't Have to Go to Sleep
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    Release date: Jul 28, 2026
    Take the bedtime pressure off reluctant sleepers with this creative, cozy bedtime board book. Mousie doesn't want to go to sleep--and he doesn't have ...more
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    Availability: 50 copies available, 3159 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 21 - Aug 20, 2026

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  • Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy #1 (Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, #1)
    Dark Tricks (Star Friends, #4)
    The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
    The Princess Diaries: The Graphic Novel (The Princess Diaries Graphic Novels, #1)
    The Skeleton and the Cat
    Ghost in the Night
    Pocket Peaches (Volume 1)
    The Ginghams
    Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2
    Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
    Snoop
    Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
    Sleepless
    Mothering Heights (Dog Man, #10)
    Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
    100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
    2,358 books — 2,578 voters
    The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
    What To Read After Harry Potter
    2,255 books — 6,401 voters

    Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
    Favorite books from my childhood
    4,506 books — 7,728 voters
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
    Best Picture Books
    3,268 books — 2,218 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?
    4,015 books — 10,960 voters

    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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