List of American children's books
This is a list of American children's books. Children's literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
American children's books[]
Numeric title[]
- 10,000 Dresses
- 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey
- 5 Little Ducks
A[]
- Abby Takes a Stand
- ABC Bunny
- Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People
- Abraham Lincoln's World
- Across America on an Emigrant Train
- The Adventure of Charlie and His Wheat-Straw Hat
- Adventures with Rebbe Mendel
- Aesop's Fables
- Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me
- Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
- The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
- The Alligator's Toothache
- Amber Brown
- American Girl
- Americans Before Columbus
- An American Plague
- Animal Fairy Tales
- The Anubis Tapestry
- Arilla Sun Down
- Arnie the Doughnut
- Away West
B[]
- Back Home
- A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl
- Best Shot in the West
- Best Word Book Ever
- Better Known as Johnny Appleseed
- The Big Tree of Bunlahy
- Birthdays of Freedom
- Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story
- Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues
- Black Hands, White Sails
- Blackout
- BLIZZARD! The Storm That Changed America
- The Boys' War: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War
- Breaking Stalin's Nose
- The Bridge to Neverland
- Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl
- Bunnies!!!
- Busybody Nora
C[]
- The Call Of The Wolves
- Cats, Cats, Cats!
- Cat Dreams
- The Cat Who Thought He Was a Tiger
- Cat Nap
- Catwings
- CDC?
- Cheetah Math
- Child of the Wolves
- The Christmas Boot
- Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
- Chrysanthemum
- Click, Clack, Moo
- Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack
- Click, Clack, Splish, Splash
- The Clone Codes
- Cloud Boy
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Color Me Dark
- Computer Engineer Barbie
- Cool Cat (Hogrogian book)
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
- The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories
- Crab Moon
- THE CROSSING: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution
- Curious George
- Curious George Flies a Kite
- Curious George Gets a Medal
- Curious George Goes to the Hospital
- Curious George Learns the Alphabet
- Curious George Rides a Bike
- Curious George Takes a Job
- Curses, Hexes and Spells
- Cyborg: The Second Book of the Clone Codes
D[]
- Daisy Gets Lost
- A Daughter of the Seine
- Davy Crockett
- Days of Jubilee
- Dear Dumb Diary
- Dennis the Wild Bull
- Diary of a Spider
- Dinosaur vs. Bedtime
- Do Unto Otters
- Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?
- Doctor De Soto
- The Dog Who Had Kittens
- Dooby Dooby Moo
- The Dream Coach
- Drylongso
- Duck! Rabbit!
- The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
E[]
- Encyclopedia Brown (series)
- Encore for Eleanor
F[]
- The Fairy Circus
- The Family Book
- A Father's Day Thank You
- A Fish out of Water
- The Five Chinese Brothers
- Flat Stanley
- Flora's Very Windy Day
- Flossie & the Fox
- Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Throughout the Ages
- Fog Magic
- Franny K. Stein
- Freedom School, Yes!
- Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
- Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado
- A Friendship for Today
- Frog and Toad All Year
- Frog and Toad Together
G[]
- Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword
- The Gashlycrumb Tinies
- George Washington
- George Washington's World
- God Bless the Child
- Goggles!
- Goin' Someplace Special
- The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
- Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England
- The Grasshopper & the Ants
- The Great Fire
- The Great Kapok Tree
- Green
- The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
H[]
- Hachiko Waits
- Half a Moon and One Whole Star
- The Happy Hocky Family!
- Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619
- Harry the Dirty Dog
- Hattie and the Wild Waves
- Have You Seen Tom Thumb?
- Heather Has Two Mommies
- Heckedy Peg
- Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed
- The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale
- The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book
- Hollow Tree Nights and Days
- The Hollow Tree Snowed-In Book
- Home Place
- The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
- How I Learned Geography
- How To Be A Cat
- Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure
I[]
- I Am Abraham Lincoln
- I Am Albert Einstein
- I Am Amelia Earhart
- I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)
- I Am Rosa Parks
- I Can Read!
- I Don't Want To Blow You Up!
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
- In for Winter, Out for Spring
- In Plain Sight
- In the Small, Small Pond
- Interrupting Chicken
- It's Just a Plant
- It's Perfectly Normal
- It's So Amazing
- I Want to Be
J[]
- The Jacket
- Jacob's Rescue
- Jinx
- John Henry
- John, Paul, George, and Ben
- The Jolly Mon
- Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet
- Just Plain Fancy
K[]
- Kat Kong
- Kenny's Window
- Kermit the Hermit
- Ketzel, the Cat who Composed
L[]
- L. Frank Baum's Juvenile Speaker
- Ladybug Girl
- The Landry News
- Leader By Destiny
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told By A Freeman Of Color
- Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout
- Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science
- Library Lion
- Little Bill (series)
- The Little Chapel That Stood
- Little Grunt and the Big Egg
- The Little Match Girl
- The Little Red Hen
- Little T Learns to Share
- Lone Journey
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Long Road to GETTYSBURG
M[]
- Ma Dear's Aprons
- Madeline
- Madeline's Christmas
- Maggie Goes on a Diet
- Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
- The Man Who Could Be Santa
- The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
- Man's First Word
- The Marzipan Pig
- Master Skylark
- Matchless: A Christmas Story
- Max Attacks
- Meteor!
- Michelangelo
- Mick Harte Was Here
- A Million Fish ... more or less
- Minn of the Mississippi
- Minnie and Moo: The Attack of the Easter Bunnies
- Minnie and Moo: The Night of the Living Bed
- Minnie and Moo: Will You Be My Valentine?
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
- Mirandy and Brother Wind
- Miss Rumphius
- Moo, Baa, La La La!
- Moon Over Manifest
- The Moon Over Star
- Moonshot: The Flight Of Apollo 11
- Mother's Day Surprise
- Mr. Lincoln's Way
- Mr Shaw's Shipshape Shoeshop
- My Beautiful Mommy
- My Dad, John McCain
- My Name is Aram
- My Pet Human
- My Princess Boy
- Myth-o-Mania
N[]
- Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
- Nansen
- Never Forgotten
- The New England Primer
- New Found World
- New Shoes for Silvia
- The Nightingale
- Nights of the Pufflings
- Noah's Ark
- Not a Box
- Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
O[]
- The Old African
- Ol' Clip-Clop
- Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger
- Old Turtle
- Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
- Outside Over There
P[]
- Paddle-to-the-Sea
- Pageant of Chinese History
- Penguin Problems
- Penn
- The People Could Fly
- The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
- The Perfect Pumpkin Pie
- Pete the Cat
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
- Piggie Pie
- The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo
- Pink and Say
- The Planet of Junior Brown
- Porch Lies
- Pretend You're a Cat
- Pretzel
- Prince Silverwings
- Probuditi!
- Puss in Boots
R[]
- Rabbit and the Moon
- Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
- The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War
- Raising Yoder's Barn
- The Random House Book of Mother Goose
- Rebels Against Slavery
- Red-Tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- Rotten Ralph (series)
- The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
- Run Away Home
- Runner of the Mountain Tops
S[]
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
- Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo
- The Scaredy Cats
- Scary Godmother
- The Scrambled States of America
- The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
- Seabird
- Seven Little Monsters
- The Shrinking of Treehorn
- The Sissy Duckling
- So You Want to Be President?
- Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
- Someone Named Eva
- Something Queer Is Going On
- A Song for Harlem
- Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
- Splat the Cat
- Splendors and Glooms
- Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night
- Squirrel's New Year's Resolution
- Stack the Cats
- A Starlit Somersault Downhill
- Stitchin' and Pullin'
- The Story about Ping
- The Story of Appleby Capple
- Story of the Negro
- Strega Nona
- The Sunday Outing
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
- Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World
T[]
- Tales from Silver Lands
- Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy
- The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
- The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
- The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales
- Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes
- That is NOT a Good Idea!
- Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot
- Three Little Kittens
- Three Times Lucky
- Tía Isa Wants a Car
- Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome
- Tik-Tok of Oz
- The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing
- Tippy Lemmey
- The Tortoise & The Hare
- Tree in the Trail
- Tru Confessions
- Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy
- Truck Full of Ducks
- The Truth About Poop
- Turtle in July
- Turtle in Paradise
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
U[]
- The Ugly Duckling
- Uncle Wiggily
V[]
W[]
- Wayside School (series)
- We Found a Hat
- Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny
- What Will Fat Cat Sit On?
- Where Crocodiles Have Wings
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Who Will Tell My Brother?
- A Whole Nother Story
- Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book
- Wiggle
- William's Doll
- Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
- The World in 1492
- The Wonder Smith and His Son
Y[]
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
- Young, Black, and Determined
- A YOUNG PATRIOT: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
- Young Walter Scott
- Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Z[]
- Zen Shorts
- Zen Ties
- Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale From West Africa
See also[]
- American children's books (category)
- Series' of children's books (category)
- Lists of books
- List of Canadian children's books
- Books in the United States
References[]
Categories:
- American children's books
- Lists of children's books
- Lists of American books