Top 20 Children’s Books from 2024

I am so blessed to be able to share so many wonderful children’s books with all of you. I’m grateful to each publisher and publicist who trusts me by sending me boxes of books every year. Of the numerous books I received last year, I shared 101 children’s books with you. Of those 101 books, I have chosen 20 books that I have been gifting or continue telling others about. In this list, you’ll find 9 Children’s Fiction Picture Books, 7 Children’s Non-fiction Picture Books, 2 Middle-Grade Fiction, and 2 Middle-Grade Non-Fiction titles. I can’t wait to share many more children’s titles with you this year!

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In no particular order, here are my favorite children’s books from 2024…

Top Children’s Fiction Picture Books

LITTLE GREEN DONKEY
By: Anuska Allepuz
Published by: Candlewick Press

GO AND GET WITH REX
By: David LaRochelle
Illustrated by: Mike Wohnoutka
Published by: Candlewick Press

THE BOOS BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY
By: Chelsea Lin Wallace
Illustrated by: Alison Farrell
Published by: Chronicle Kids

WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT ROCK
By: Mary Lyn Ray
Illustrated by: Felicita Sala
Published by: Chronicle Kids

THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT
By: Jolene Gutiérrez and Shaian Gutiérrez
Illustrated by: Gabby Zapata
Published by: Chronicle Kids

DREAM SUBMARINE
By: Charlotte Gunnufson
Illustrated by: Cleonique Hilsaca
Published by: Candlewick Press

HALLOWEEN HUSTLE
By: Charlotte Gunnufson
Illustrated by: Kevan J Atteberry
Published by: Two Lions

CONSTRUCTION SITE: GARBAGE CREW TO THE RESCUE
By: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Illustrated by: AG Ford
Published by: Chronicle Kids

FARMHOUSE
By: Sophie Blackall
Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Top Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Books

THE SOIL IN JACKIE’S GARDEN
By: Peggy Thomas
Illustrated by: Neely Daggett
Published by: Feeding Minds Press

THE MIGHTY POLLINATORS
By: Helen Frost
Photography by: Rick Lieder
Published by: Candlewick Press

ELSE B. IN THE SEA
By: Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by: Melodie Stacey
Published by: Cameron Kids

ALL ABOUT U.S.
By: Matt Lamothe and Jenny Volvovski
Published by: Chronicle Kids

HOW TO SPACEWALK
By: Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by: Michael J. Rosen
Images by: NASA
Published by: MIT Kids Press/Candlewick Press

THE NEXT SCIENTIST
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by: Julia Kuo
Published by: Chronicle Kids

HOW DO YOU SPELL UNFAIR?
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by: Frank Morrison
Published by: Candlewick Press

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Top Middle-Grade Books

NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES
By: Kate Albus
Published by: Margaret Ferguson Books

INVISIBLE ISABEL
By: Sally J. Pla
Illustrated by: Tania de Regil
Published by: Quill Tree Books

FUNNY JOKES FOR KIDS
By: Walter Rouzer
Published by: Peak Wave Publishing

THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO SURVIVAL HANDBOOK FOR KIDS!
By: David Borgenicht and Justin Heimberg
Illustrated by: Wenke Kramp
Published by: Quirk Books

These are all books I have raved about here on the blog as well as to parents of littles. I have gifted these books and talked about them endlessly. I hope you can find someone to read a great book to. Reading to children is one of my favorite things to do.

Check out my previous Favorite Books posts by clicking HERE.

What were your favorite children’s books of 2024?