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Best Children's Books

Books for children

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  1. Flush

    Carl Hiaasen

    ★ 3.9 (27k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A determined boy in the Florida Keys teams up with his feisty sister and an eccentric old-timer to expose a sewage-dumping casino boat owner, after his environmentalist dad's attempts land him in jail.

  2. The Missing Piece

    Shel Silverstein

    ★ 4.3 (27k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A charming circle goes on a musical journey to find its missing wedge, only to discover that being complete might be an unexpected, changing state.

  3. The Supernaturalist

    Eoin Colfer

    ★ 3.9 (27k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    In a future of corporate orphanages and deadly product testing, a runaway boy sees life-draining specters, joins a team of teen hunters, and uncovers a conspiracy bigger than the monsters themselves.

  4. Curse of the Bane

    Joseph Delaney

    ★ 4.1 (27k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    The Spook and Thomas Ward confront the ancient evil known as the Bane beneath Priestown's cathedral, all while evading the relentless Quisitor, forcing Thomas to face a terrifying foe and question his closest allies.

  5. The Vampire Prince

    Darren Shan

    ★ 4.2 (27k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Branded a traitor and hunted by his own kind, Darren Shan must outwit a treacherous Vampire Prince and survive a deadly initiation on Vampire Mountain to avoid a bloody demise.

  6. A World Without Princes

    Soman Chainani

    ★ 4.1 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a wish for a different fairytale ending shatters their hard-won 'happily ever after,' Sophie and Agatha must navigate a world where good and evil unite and princes are not what they seem.

  7. The Frog Princess

    E.D. Baker

    ★ 3.8 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a clumsy princess with a loud laugh accidentally turns herself into a frog by kissing an enchanted prince, she goes on a quest with a shy bat and a loyal snake to reverse the spell.

  8. Double Down

    Jeff Kinney

    ★ 4.3 (26k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Greg Heffley, pushed by his mom to be creative and avoid video games, plans to make a monster movie with gummy worms to gain fame and escape his troubles, especially with Halloween looming.

  9. I Want My Hat Back

    Jon Klassen

    ★ 4.4 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A bear politely questions forest animals about his missing hat, then remembers a rabbit was wearing it, leading to a dark and final resolution.

  10. Dragon Slippers

    Jessica Day George

    ★ 4.2 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Traded to a dragon by her aunt, a resourceful maiden named Creel bargains for her life and stumbles upon a pair of seemingly ordinary blue slippers that hold the power to either save or destroy her war-torn kingdom.

  11. Touching Spirit Bear

    Ben Mikaelsen

    ★ 3.9 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Banished to a remote Alaskan island for assault, a defiant juvenile delinquent is mauled by a mythical white bear, forcing him to confront his rage and embrace healing rooted in Native American tradition.

  12. The Happy Prince

    Oscar Wilde

    ★ 4.2 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A once-blind prince, now a statue, finds redemption and true beauty by sacrificing his riches through a loyal swallow to ease his city's suffering.

  13. The Pigman

    Paul Zindel

    ★ 3.6 (26k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    Two rebellious teenagers, seeking an escape from their own troubled lives, unexpectedly find solace and a surrogate family with a lonely, eccentric old man, only to confront the devastating consequences of their friendship and his mortality.

  14. Schooled

    Gordon Korman

    ★ 3.8 (26k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A tie-dye-clad, Zen-spouting homeschooler named Cap is thrust into the chaotic, pizza-and-wedgie-filled world of public middle school after his hippie grandmother's accident, forcing him to navigate a social jungle far wilder than any commune.

  15. The Yearling

    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    ★ 4.0 (26k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    In the Florida scrubland, a boy's bond with a rescued fawn becomes a heartbreaking lesson about survival and sacrifice.

  16. All My Friends Are Dead

    Avery Monsen

    ★ 4.2 (26k) average on Goodreads

    Explore the darkly humorous existential struggles of everything from dinosaurs to houseplants as they face the universal truth that all their friends eventually die.

  17. So You Want to Be a Wizard

    Diane Duane

    ★ 3.8 (26k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Hounded by bullies, a young girl finds an escape and a perilous calling in a mysterious library book, thrusting her and a new companion into an alternate New York to confront the cosmic entity of death itself and retrieve a powerful artifact.

  18. One for the Murphys

    Lynda Mullaly Hunt

    ★ 4.3 (26k) average on GoodreadsYoung Adult

    A street-smart Las Vegas girl, hardened by betrayal, discovers the bewildering warmth of a foster family and the fragile hope of belonging, only to have her newfound world threatened by the past she can't escape.

  19. Disney After Dark

    Ridley Pearson

    ★ 3.9 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Five teens hired as holographic Disney World guides must use their unique, spectral abilities to stop a real-life uprising of iconic Disney villains threatening to turn the Magic Kingdom into a nightmare.

  20. Five on a Treasure Island

    Enid Blyton

    ★ 4.1 (25k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Four siblings, a tomboy, and her dog hunt for shipwrecked treasure on a mysterious island, racing rivals to solve ancient clues.

  21. The Candy Shop War

    Brandon Mull

    ★ 4.1 (25k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Four friends discover a magical candy shop that thrusts them into a secret war between rival magicians, where enchanted sweets are the key to a hidden talisman and perhaps, eternal youth.

  22. Milkweed

    Jerry Spinelli

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A nameless orphan in Nazi-occupied Warsaw navigates the brutal streets, initially dreaming of becoming a Nazi, only to discover the harrowing truth of his identity and the desperate need to become 'nobody' to survive the Holocaust.

  23. A Chair for My Mother

    Vera B. Williams

    ★ 4.2 (25k) average on GoodreadsFinance

    After a house fire, a girl, her mother, and grandmother save coins in a jar to buy a velvet, floral armchair, turning their loss into a shared dream of comfort.

  24. Good Wives

    Louisa May Alcott

    ★ 4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    The March sisters navigate adulthood, love, and societal expectations as they grow into 'good wives' in post-Civil War America.

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