 
The children's section is for young, developing readers. The books listed here are appropriate for parents to read to their children and are suitable for beginning readers up through age 10 or so. Some are illustrated.
Click on a letter if you're looking for a specific author by name. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Joan Aiken
• Black Hearts in Battersea
• The Cuckoo Tree
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #1: Go Saddle the Sea
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #2: Bridle the Wind
• The Felix Brooke Trilogy #3: The Teeth of the Gale
• Nightbirds on Nantucket
• The Stolen Lake
• The Whispering Mountain
• The Wolves of Willoughby
Lloyd Alexander
• The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio
• Gypsy Rizka
• The House Gobbaleen, illustrated by Diane Goode
David Almond
• Skellig
B
Lynne Reid Banks
• The Adventures of King Midas
L. Frank Baum
• The Magical Monarch of Mo
Jody Bergsma
• Faerie
Ludwig Bemelmans
• Madeline's Rescue (audiobook)
Franny Billingsley
• The Folk Keeper
Judy Blume, editor
• Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
Bodil Bredsdorff
• The Crow Girl
Herbie Brennan
• Fairy Nuff: A Tale of Bluebell Wood
Clyde Robert Bulla
• Viking Adventure
Eve Bunting
• Ballywhinney Girl, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully
Robert Byrd
• Finn MacCoul & His Fearless Wife
C
Roy Campbell
• Song of the Jackalope
Andrea Cheng
• Anna the Bookbinder, illustrated by Ted Rand
James C. Christensen, with Renwick St. James & Alan Dean Foster
• Voyage of the Basset
Douglas Glenn Clark
• The Lake That Stole Children
Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin
• The Taker & the Keeper
Pat Lowery Collins
• Schooner
Susan Cooper
• King Of Shadows
Sandra Jones Cropsey
• Tinker's Christmas
D
Sheila A. Dane
• Fairy Hunters, Ink.
Joseph Delaney
• The Last Apprentice #1: Revenge of the Witch
Charles de Lint
• A Circle of Cats, illustrated by Charles Vess
• What the Mouse Found & Other Stories
Antoine de Saint-Exepury
• Le Petit Prince
Baba Wague Diakite
• The Hatseller & the Monkeys
Peter Dickinson
• The Ropemaker
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #3: Lucinda's Secret
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #4: The Ironwood Tree
• The Spiderwick Chronicles #5: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Tony DiTerlizzi & Mary Howitt
• The Spider & the Fly
Amy Fellner Dominy & Nate Evans
•  Cookiesaurus Rex, illustrated by AG Ford
E
Mary Engelbreit
• Queen of Halloween
Wesley Eure
• The Red Wings of Christmas
F
Matthew S. Field
• Father Like a Tree
Charles Coleman Finlay
• The Prodigal Troll
Brian James Freeman
• The Girl Who Builds Monsters, illustrated by Vincent Chong
Amy Friedman, Jillian Gilliland & Laura Hall
• Tell Me a Story
• Tell Me a Story 2: Animal Magic
G
Neil Gaiman
• Blueberry Girl, illustrated by Charles Vess
• Chu's Day, illustrated by Adam Rex
• Chu's First Day of School, illustrated by Adam Rex
• The Wolves in the Walls, illustrated by Dave McKean
K.L. Going
• The Garden of Eve
Maggie Grinnell
• Isabella & Penelope
H
Richard Hamilton
• Violet & the Mean & Rotten Pirates
Holly Hardin
• Aurora of the Northern Lights
Bill Harley
• Bear's All-Night Party
Janet Ruth Heller
• How The Moon Regained Her Shape
Mary Howitt
• The Spider & the Fly, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Susan Hughes
• The Island Horse
I
Eva Ibbotson
• Journey to the River Sea, with Kevin Hawkes
• The Secret of Platform 13
J
Randall Jarrell
• The Animal Family
Diana Wynne Jones
• Charmed Life
• The Magicians of Caprona
William Joyce
• Santa Calls
Norton Juster
• The Phantom Tollbooth, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
K
Eric Kimmel
• Hershel & the Hanukkah Goblins
E.L. Konigsburg
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
L
Soinbhe Lally
• A Hive for the Honeybee
Una Leavy
• Irish Fairy Tales & Legends
Sally O. Lee
• The Cake Thief
• The Rabbit & the Snowman
Tanith Lee
• Islands in the Sky (Voyage of the Basset #1)
Laura Leuck
• I Love My Pirate Papa, illustrated by Kyle M. Stone
Arnold Lobel
• Owl at Home
Melinda Long
• How I Became a Pirate, illustrated by David Shannon
• Pirates Don't Change Diapers, illustrated by David Shannon
Amanda Lumry & Laura Hurwitz
• Adventures of Riley: Dolphins in Danger
• Adventures of Riley: Mission to Madagascar
Tarrin P. Lupo
• Catch That Collie: A tale about becoming a responsible pet owner, illustrated by Scott Motley
M
Margaret Read MacDonald
• Fat Cat: a Danish Folktale
• Slop!
Marzollo & Wick
• I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles
Alice McGill
• Molly Bannaky, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
Joanne L. McGonagle
• The Tiniest Tiger
Jeremy McGuire
• O'Shaughnessey: A Boy & His Leprechaun
Naomi Mitchison
• Travel Light
N
Bobby Norfolk
• Norfolk Tales
Mary Norton
• Are All the Giants Dead?, illustrated by Brian Froud
O
Mary Pope Osborne
• Favorite Greek Myths, illustrated by Troy Howell
Pat O'Shea
• The Hounds of the Morrigan
P
John Paul Padilla
• Johnny Big Ears
Katherine Paterson
• Angels & Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories
Charles Perrault
• Puss in Boots, illustrated by Giuliano Lunelli
Jerry Pinkney
• The Ugly Duckling
Terry Pratchett
• Diggers
• Truckers
Philip Pullman
• The Golden Compass
• The Subtle Knife
R
J.J. Reneaux
• Wake, Snake!
Daniel Rirdan
• The Woman Who Touched the Sun
Barbara Robinson
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
J.K. Rowling
• Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
• Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
• Quidditch Through the Ages
Salman Rushdie
• Haroun & the Sea of Stories
• Luka & the Fire of Life
Cynthia Rylant
• Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
S
Carl Sandburg
• Sandburg Out Loud
Robert D. San Souci
• Brave Margaret, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
George Saunders
• The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Jon Scieszka
• Cowboy & Octopus, illustrated by Lane Smith
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, illustrated by Lane Smith
Maurice Sendak
• Outside Over There
Marcia Sewall
• The Green Mist
Alan Silberberg
• Meet the Latkes
Donald J. Sobol
• Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
Justin Somper
• Vampirates #1: Demons of the Ocean
Nancy Springer
• I am Mordred
Ellen Steiber & Terri Windling
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2)
T
Lauren Tarshis
• I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888
Sally H.Taylor
• The Magic in You!
• The Most Valuable Treasure
Irene Trivas
• Emma's Christmas
Ginger Turner & Shekhar Shimpi
• Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story
V
Chris Van Allsburg
• The Polar Express
Joan D. Vinge
• Return to Oz
W
James Warhola
• Uncle Andy's Cats
Jane Werner
• Walt Disney's Bunny Book
Chet Williamson
• Pennsylvania Dutch Night Before Christmas, illustrated by James Rice
Budge Wilson
• A Fiddle for Angus, illustrated by Susan Tooke
Terri Windling
• The Changeling
• A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, with Wendy Froud
• The Winter Child, with Wendy Froud
• The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2), with Ellen Steiber
Laurel Winter
• Growing Wings
William Wise
• Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
Susan Wojciechowski
• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, illustrated by P.J. Lynch
Elvira Woodruff
• Small Beauties
Patricia Wrede
• Dealing With Dragons
Y
Jane Yolen
• The Ballad of the Pirate Queens, illustrated by David Shannon
• Dove Isabeau, illustrated by Dennis Nolan
• Merlin & the Dragons, illustrated by Li Ming
• Mightier Than the Sword: World Folktales for Strong Boys
• Once Upon a Bedtime Story
• Raising Yoder's Barn, illustrated by Bernie Fuchs
• The Sea Man, illustrated by Christopher Denise
• Tam Lin, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak
• The Wild Hunt
• Wings, illustrated by Dennis Nolan
Jane Yolen & Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
• Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History, illustrated by Roger Roth
• The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History, illustrated by Roger Roth
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