The four categories below and the selection menu above the bookshelf will help you navigate the list and pinpoint titles that fit your child's age range and interests/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images [Skip to our age groups/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images]
1/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images Nonfiction/Informational Books
Traditional nonfiction; historic documents; early concept books focused on topics such as shapes, colors, numbers, the alphabet, and more
2/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images Fiction
- Fantasy & Science Fiction: Stories that contain magic; imaginary technology; paranormal beings; and/or talking animals in the human world
- Realistic Fiction: Characters, plots, and settings based in the known world, on events that could happen
- Animal Characters Narratives that feature talking animals and are usually (though not exclusively) aimed at younger readers
- Traditional Tales & Poetry: Folk and fairy tales, fables, myths, nursery rhymes, or songs; poetry
3/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images Award-Winners
While most of our books have won an award of some sort, we chose to focus on these prestigious national awards: Newbery Medal or Honor; Caldecott Medal or Honor; National Book Award or Honor; Coretta Scott King Award or Honor; Pura Belpré Award or Honor; Robert F/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images Silbert Informational Book Award or Honor; NCTE Orbis Pictus Award or Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction; Notable Books of the English Language Arts; Theodore Seuss Geisel Award; ALA Notable Books; ALA Best/Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images
4/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images Our Superlatives
Some books wow you with their stunning illustrations, some with their page-turning action, and still others with the lush, vivid worlds they paint for our imaginations/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images As we built the 100 Greatest Books for Kids list, we felt compelled to tell you about the books that wowed us/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images There are ten such books/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images To honor them, we awarded a superlative badge for each that you'll discover as the list is revealed/content/dam/parents/migrated-assets/articles/body-text-images
Our Age Groups: 0-3 >> 4-7 >> 8-10 >> 11+
