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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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
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Last Day Pool Party
Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel
Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
Batcat: Seeing Stars! (Batcat, #4)
Little Ghost's Summerween
The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
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    George Washington: A Revolutionary Life

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  • The Lemonade War: The Graphic Novel
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    Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #19)
    Nightmare on Nightmare Street
    Knight Owl (The Knight Owl, #1)
    The Skull
    I Am Rebel
    Snoop
    Young World
    Mothering Heights (Dog Man, #10)
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    A Place Between (Lightfall #4)
    The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, #12)
    The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
    It's My Bird-Day! (Pigeon, #13)
    Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
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    The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
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    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
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    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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