Children's Literature

Children's fiction (and, more rarely, nonfiction) is a publishing term for books aimed at readers under about 14. It is often divided into categories / formats for different ages: picture books for the preliterate, early reader books for children starting to read, and chapter books for those with independent reading skills. The vocabulary and content will typically be restricted to match the intended readership.

Also see Young Adult Literature, for the next age-group up.

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 * One Hundred Cupboards
 * The 13 Clocks
 * The 39 Clues

A

 * A to Z Mysteries
 * The Adventures of Archie Reynolds
 * The Adventures of Pinocchio
 * Agent Angel - The series was originally Angels Unlimited
 * Airman
 * Alfie Atkins
 * Alfies Home
 * Alice Girl From the Future
 * Allie Finkles Rules for Girls
 * All of a Kind Family
 * The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
 * Amelia Bedelia
 * Amelias Notebook
 * American Girls Collection
 * Amys Eyes
 * Anastasia Krupnik
 * Angelina Ballerina
 * The Animals of Farthing Wood
 * Anne of Green Gables
 * Archers Goon
 * Artemis Fowl
 * Arthur
 * The Ashleys
 * Audrey Wait
 * Avalon Web of Magic

B

 * Babar
 * The Baby Sitters Club
 * The Bailey Game
 * The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
 * Basil of Baker Street - Children's "mystery" series written by Eve Titus about the Sherlock Holmes of the Mouse World.
 * Barnaby Grimes
 * Bedknob and Broomstick
 * The Belfry Witches
 * The Berenstain Bears - Morals are delivered to children with this charming classic book series about a family of anthropomorphic bears.
 * The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
 * Betsy Tacy
 * The BFG
 * Biggles
 * The Black Stallion
 * Blubber
 * The Bobbsey Twins
 * The Books of Elsewhere - Magic paintings in a mysterious house lead to other worlds.
 * The Book of Heroes
 * The Book of the Dun Cow
 * The Borrowers
 * The Boxcar Children - Four orphans survive in an abandoned boxcar in the middle of the woods in the first book, then solve mysteries with their grandpa.
 * The Breadwinner - Set in Afghanistan, back when the Taliban was still in power.
 * Bridge to Terabithia
 * The Brothers Lionheart
 * The Bully Book
 * Bumface
 * Bunnicula
 * Busytown - A Funny Animal universe created by Richard Scarry.

C

 * Caillou
 * Cam Jansen
 * Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
 * The Candy Shop War - A group of fifth graders gets magic powers from candy, and ends up having to deal with evil forces in their hometown.
 * Captain Underpants
 * Casson Family Series
 * The Castle in The Attic
 * The Cat in The Hat - Classic rhyming story about a cat who shows up at the house of some unsupervised children and proceeds to make a huge mess, then humorously clean it up!
 * The Cat Who Went to Heaven
 * Chalet School
 * Chance Fortune and The Outlaws
 * Charlie and Lola
 * Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - Boy wins a Golden Ticket and visits a candy factory few have seen the inside of.
 * Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator
 * Charlotte Sometimes
 * Charlottes Web - Spider helps pig to avoid becoming dinner by spinning messages in her web.
 * Chasing Yesterday
 * The Cheetah Girls
 * Children of the Red King
 * The Chocolate War - A teenger decides to assert his independence, and brings upon himself the wrath of the bullies -- and administrators who secretly support them - in his Catholic school.
 * Chrestomanci
 * The Chronicles of Narnia
 * The Lion the Witch And The Wardrobe
 * Prince Caspian
 * The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
 * The Silver Chair
 * The Horse and His Boy
 * The Magicians Nephew
 * The Last Battle
 * Clifford the Big Red Dog
 * Coraline: A young girl finds an escape from a boring life with inattentive parents in a magical world, only to discover that a life there comes with a price.
 * Creepe Hall
 * Cupcake Diaries
 * Curious George - Humorous series of stories about an adorable monkey and his antics.

D

 * Daddys Roommate
 * Danny the Champion of The World
 * The Dark Is Rising
 * The Day the Fifth Grade Disappeared
 * A Deadly Game of Magic
 * Dear America
 * Dear Canada
 * Dear Dumb Diary
 * Deltora Quest
 * The Demon Headmaster
 * Detectives in Togas
 * Diamond Brothers
 * Diary of a Wimpy Kid
 * Dick and Jane - Classic, and frequently parodied, series of books intended to teach American children how to read.
 * The Divide
 * Doctor Dolittle
 * The Story of Doctor Dolittle
 * Doc Wilde - Affectionate Parody of Doc Savage, except this pulp adventure hero brings his kids along.
 * Dogsbody
 * The Doomspell Trilogy
 * Dork Diaries
 * Dorrie the Witch
 * Dragon Keeper Trilogy
 * The Dragon of Trelian
 * The Dragon Series
 * Dragon of the Lost Sea
 * Dragon Steel
 * Dragon Cauldron
 * Dragon War
 * Dragon Slayers Academy
 * Dragons
 * The Dragonslayers
 * DRAMA!

E

 * The Ear the Eye And The Arm
 * The Eddie Dickens Trilogy
 * Edgar and Ellen
 * Edward Eager
 * The Eagle of the Ninth
 * The Egypt Game
 * Eight Days of Luke
 * Elsie Dinsmore
 * Enchanted Glass
 * Encyclopedia Brown - A fifth grader solves mysteries mostly in his local hometown. The reader is encouraged to try to figure out the solution before Brown does.
 * Erec Rex
 * Eye of the Wolf

F

 * Fablehaven
 * The Fairy Rebel
 * Falcon Quinn
 * The Famous Five
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
 * The Fantastic Flying Journey
 * Fighting Fantasy
 * The Fire Us Trilogy
 * Five Children and It and sequels
 * The Five Brave Gummy Bears
 * Flower Fairies
 * Follow My Leader
 * Fourth Grade Celebrity
 * Fox in Socks
 * Franklin
 * Franny K Stein
 * Freckles
 * Frindle
 * Frog and Toad
 * Fudge

G

 * Georges Marvelous Medicine
 * Geronimo Stilton
 * "The Gingerbread Man"
 * The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in A Ship of Her Own Making
 * The Girl Who Owned a City
 * Give Yourself Goosebumps
 * The Giving Tree - Short story about a tree that sacrifices everything for a little boy that she loves.
 * Good Dog Carl
 * Goodnight Mr. Tom
 * Goofus and Gallant
 * Goosebumps - Classic horror stories by R. L. Stine.
 * The Graveyard Book
 * The Great Brain
 * The Green Glass Sea
 * The Green Knowe Chronicles
 * Grey Griffins - Urban Fantasy about a group of kids who end up fighting, or often times surviving evil forces that wreak havoc on the world and their town.
 * Groosham Grange
 * The Guardians of Childhood
 * Guardians of ga Hoole
 * Guess How Much I Love You

H

 * Half Moon Investigations
 * Half Upon a Time
 * Hank the Cowdog
 * Hardy Boys - Classic Stratemeyer Syndicate series about two brothers who solve crimes.
 * Harold and The Purple Crayon
 * Harriet the Spy - A preteen girl learns the hard way that spying on people and writing down things about them doesn't endear her to people.
 * Harry Potter - Orphaned boy discovers he's a wizard, goes to Wizarding School, fights evil wizard.
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Harry Potter
 * Hating Alison Ashley
 * Have I Got a Book For You
 * Heidi
 * Help I'm Trapped
 * The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures
 * Hero Dot Com
 * The Hobbit
 * Holes
 * The Homeward Bounders
 * Horrible Harry
 * Horton Hears a Who
 * Horsefeathers
 * The Hounds of the Morrigan
 * How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Classic rhyming story of a green creature called a Grinch, who tries to steal Christmas in an "inverted Santa" kind of way.
 * How to Train Your Dragon
 * The Hundred and One Dalmatians

I

 * The Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds
 * If You Give a Mouse A Cookie
 * The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle
 * Indian in The Cupboard
 * The Inkworld Trilogy
 * In the Keep of Time
 * Islandofthe Blue Dolphins
 * I Want My Hat Back
 * I Want to Go Home

J

 * Jack Blank
 * James and The Giant Peach
 * Jane of Lantern Hill
 * Jennifer the Jerk Is Missing - A suspense story that turns silly halfway through, then stays that way. A kidnapping comedy with a really bratty victim, and some rather incompetent kidnappers.
 * Jennings
 * The Jewel Kingdom
 * Jim Button
 * Johnny Maxwell Trilogy
 * Johnny Tremain
 * Judy Moody
 * Julie of the Wolves
 * Junie B Jones
 * The Jungle Book
 * Just So Stories
 * Just William

K

 * The Kane Chronicles
 * Karlsson On the Roof
 * The Katurran Odyssey
 * Keys to The Kingdom
 * The Kingdom Keepers
 * Kira Kira
 * Kir Bulychev Works
 * The Knights of the Silver Dragon

L

 * Land of the Lawn Weenies
 * Land of Oz
 * The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - The classic tale of a girl from Kansas who gets taken from her home by a tornado and ends up in a magical land.
 * The Marvelous Land of Oz
 * Latawnya the Naughty Horse Learns To Say No To Drugs - A non-anthropomorphic horse learns that Drugs Are Bad.
 * The Legend of Rah and The Muggles
 * Leven Thumps
 * The Light Princess
 * The Listmaker
 * Little Bear
 * A Little Bush Maid
 * Little Critter
 * The Little Engine That Could
 * Little House On the Prairie
 * The Little Prince
 * A Little Princess
 * Little Sophie and Lanky Flop
 * The Little White Horse
 * The Lorax
 * Lost in Oz
 * The Lost Thing - A boy tries to find a home for this lost-looking thing he finds on the beach one day.

M

 * Macdonald Hall
 * Madeline
 * The Magic School Bus
 * Magic Shop
 * The Magic Thief
 * The Magic Treehouse - Two siblings travel go on adventures as they travel through time, often learning historical facts sprinkled into the narrative along the way.
 * Malice
 * Malory Towers
 * Mary Poppins
 * Matilda - A super-intelligent girl with telekinetic powers takes on a cruel, bullying headmistress.
 * Max and Ruby
 * Maxie Rosie and Earl Partners In Grime
 * Melvin Beederman Superhero
 * Milly Molly
 * Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH
 * Miss Spiders Sunny Patch Friends
 * Mistress Mashams Repose
 * Molesworth
 * Molly Moon - An orphaned girl learns how to hypnotize people to do what she wants. Hilarity Ensues.
 * The Moomins
 * The Moorchild
 * Momo
 * The Monster At the End of This Book
 * Mousenet
 * Mr. Men
 * Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
 * Ms. Wiz - a witch acts as a Magical Nanny to various children in the same school.
 * My Fathers Dragon
 * The Mysterious Benedict Society
 * My Teacher Is an Alien - A trio of sixth graders discover that their teacher has otherworldly plans for his class, and try to expose him.
 * Myth-O-Mania

N

 * Nancy Drew - Stratemeyer Syndicate classic series about a teen detective and the dangerous mysteries she solves.
 * National Velvet
 * N.E.R.D.S.
 * Neversink
 * Nims Island
 * Nomes Trilogy
 * Nothings Fair in Fifth Grade - Light-hearted Slice of Life story about fifth grade, with a plot following an overweight girl and the lead girl's attempts to help solve her problems and become her friend.
 * Not Quite Human - An android goes to middle school, and ends up solving mysteries.
 * Number the Stars

O

 * The Ogre Downstairs
 * Old Yeller
 * On My Honor
 * On the Run
 * Out of My Mind

P

 * Paddington Bear
 * Papelucho
 * The Paper Bag Princess - A princess, wearing a paper bag for a costume, saves an ungrateful prince.
 * Pen Pals - Series about four adolescent roommates at an all-girls boarding school who write to boy penpals
 * Percy Jackson and The Olympians - Series of books centering around a boy who discovers he's the son of Poseidon.
 * The Heroes of Olympus - Its Sequel Series.
 * Peter and The Starcatchers
 * Peter Pan - Classic story of a flying boy who is eternally young, and his adventures with pirates, Native Americans, and other children who have earned the ability to fly.
 * Le Petit Nicolas
 * The Phantom Tollbooth
 * Pippi Longstocking
 * Pollyanna
 * Power of Three
 * Prydain Chronicles
 * Pyrates - A group of 11 year old kids discover part of a treasure map and end up dealing with secret tunnels, a gang of criminals, a tough homeless boy living underground, and other threats in a modern-day treasure hunt.

Q

 * Quidditch Through the Ages

R

 * The Railway Children
 * The Railway Series
 * The Rami Johnson Trilogy
 * Ramona Quimby - Lightly comedic Slice of Life series about an elementary schooler growing up from kindergarten through fourth grade.
 * Redwall
 * The Rescuers
 * Ribblestrop
 * Ricky Ricottas Mighty Robot
 * Rod Albright Alien Adventures
 * The Roman Mysteries
 * The Roman Mystery Scrolls
 * Ronja the Robbers Daughter
 * Rowan of Rin
 * Roverandom
 * The Royal Diaries
 * Runt
 * Run Turkey Run

S

 * The Saddle Club
 * Sally Lockhart
 * Samantha Stone and The Mermaids Quest - Fantasy with sci-fi elements. A 10-year-old girl ends up in another world and has to save it.
 * Sammy Keyes
 * Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark
 * Sea of Trolls
 * The Secret Garden
 * The Secret Island
 * The Secret of Castle Can't
 * The Secret of Platform 13
 * The Secrets of Droon
 * The Secret Series
 * Seeker Bears
 * A Series of Unfortunate Events - Grimly comedic, very disturbing adventure series following a group of orphans who try to survive their fate.
 * Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography - Supplementary material to the above regarding the author's alter-ego.
 * The Seventh Tower
 * The Shapeshifter
 * Shiloh
 * Silent Ship Silent Sea
 * The Sisters Grimm
 * Sisters No Way
 * Skellig
 * Skulduggery Pleasant
 * "The Snow Queen"
 * Space Brat
 * The Spiderwick Chronicles - Urban Fantasy involving kids getting caught up in a tale of magic set in modern times and a modern, close-to-home setting.
 * Spot the Dog
 * Sprat Morrison
 * A Spy in The Neighborhood
 * The Stanley Family
 * Starbright and The Dream Eater - An Eldritch Abomination comes to Earth and begins inflicting bad dreams on people in order to weaken them to death, and one preteen has to stop it.
 * Starlight Animal Rescue
 * Stay Sonic
 * St Clares
 * Stellaluna
 * The Stinky Cheese Man
 * Stone Fox
 * The Story of Ferdinand
 * Struwwelpeter
 * Stuart Little
 * Sugar Creek Gang - Christian-themed boys' adventure book series from the mid-20th century.
 * Swallows and Amazons
 * Switchers

T

 * The Tale of Despereaux
 * Tales of the Frog Princess
 * The Tale of Peter Rabbit
 * The Tales of Beedle the Bard
 * Tales of the Magic Land - Russian copyright infringement of the Oz series, with some changes.
 * Theres a Wocket In My Pocket
 * The Thief Lord
 * The Thief of Always
 * The Thirteen and A Half Lives of Captain Bluebear
 * The Three Investigators
 * The Tillerman Family Series
 * Time Cat
 * Time Machine
 * TKKG
 * Tom Swift
 * Toonopolis Files
 * Tracey McBean - Full title is Tracey McBean and the Stretching Machine. The Animated Adaptation shortened the title since the only episode based on the book was the first one.
 * Trading Places With Tank Talbott
 * Trial By Journal
 * Trixie Belden - Mystery series in the classic Stratemeyer Syndicate style, involving a girl in her early teens.
 * The True Meaning of Smekday
 * The Trumpet of the Swan
 * Tuck Everlasting
 * Twice Upon a Time
 * Twitches
 * The Twits
 * Two Weeks With the Queen

U

 * The Underneath
 * Unicorns of Balinor

V

 * Vampirates
 * Varjak Paw
 * The Velveteen Rabbit
 * The Very Hungry Caterpillar - A classic children's picture book.
 * Villain Dot Net

W

 * Warrior Cats
 * Wayside School
 * The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
 * Welkin Weasels
 * The Western Mysteries
 * The Westing Game
 * Westmark
 * What a Mess
 * What Katy Did
 * Where's Wally - Popular British book series in which readers are encouraged to search through massive, humorous cartoon illustrations of different locations, to try to find the eponymous Wally (Waldo in America).
 * Where the Red Fern Grows
 * Where the Wild Things Are - An angry boy throwing a temper tantrum gets to hang out with friendly monsters for a while.
 * The Whipping Boy
 * Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears
 * The Wind in The Willows
 * The Wind On the Moon - Two sisters decide to be naughty for an entire year, with mixed and very surreal results. They transform into kangaroos, solve a mystery, free a puma and a falcon from the local zoo, make a judge change his mind, and finally go off to rescue their father, who is imprisoned by an evil dictator in another country.
 * Winnie the Pooh
 * The Wish Giver
 * A Wish for Wings That Work
 * The Wish List
 * Witch and Wizard
 * The Witches
 * Wizards Hall
 * The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
 * The Wooing of Beppo Tate
 * Worlds of Power - Book series based on popular NES video games.
 * The Worst Witch

Z

 * Zathura