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Favorite Books of 2024 for Kids and Teens

Check out our list of favorite books published in 2024 for readers ages 0-18. This list features titles that come highly recommended by our Youth Services staff as well as titles most loved by young readers. The titles are organized, in general, by age of interest with books for the youngest readers listed first and books for teens listed toward the end.

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  • The touch-and-feel for Little Blue’s youngest fans features touchable elements for little fingers to explore in a large, sturdy board book. With a different texture on each spread, young readers can learn to associate touch with written…
    Board BookNew York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — BOARD BOOK S
  • Hey! What's That? invites readers to guess what comes next by touching a mysterious tactile element through a hole on each page. Once the page is turned, readers can keep their wiggly finger in place to join in the animal fun! Become a…
    Board BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, [2024] — BOARD BOOK FAVORITES
  • Little ones can tell their very first jokes with the help of googly-eyed animals who deliver a funny punchline that will have the whole family laughing!
    Board BookNew York, NY : Magic Cat Publishing, an imprint of Abrams, 2024. — BOARD BOOK H
  • Peekaboo! Who is hiding? Lift the flaps to find out!
    Board BookMontrouge, France : Twirl/Bayard Group, 2024. — BOARD BOOK S
  • Push, pull, and slide the tabs to meet noisy farm animals! Little ones will love playing and learning in this delightful board book with a fun rhyming story.
    Board BookNew York, NY : Campbell Books, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Books, 2024. — BOARD BOOK S
  • Look for various animals on each spread while on a nature walk with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
    Board BookNew York : World of Eric Carle, 2024. — B D
  • Every page turn of this chunky board book reveals a new layer of Margarida Esteves's bright, graphic depiction of a stage in the life of a butterfly.
    Board BookLayton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, [2024] — BB
  • Construction Site

    Garbage Crew to the Rescue!

    Rinker, Sherri Duskey,
    Before the construction crew can start renovating a fine old neighborhood, they need the help of the garbage vehicles to clean up truckfulls of trash, and much more.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2024. — TRANSPORT CONSTRUCT RIN
  • Digger and the other trucks are ready for bed until two mischievous raccoons appear who are not tired--AT ALL--and the big machines decide just a few more minutes of playtime won't hurt--or will it?
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — jP KUEFLER Joseph
  • A boy begrudgingly composes a sometimes-rhyming adventure with his precocious little sister.
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — PSTORIES SILLY ABED
  • Bear has spotted a fish! And his wish? To gobble up this delicious fish dish, of course! Sadly for Bear, this is no ordinary fish--he's a homesick fellow determined to get back upstream where he belongs. Daniel Bernstrom and Brandon James…
    BookNew York : Hippo Park, an imprint of Astra Publishing House, [2024] — E BER
  • There were 10 in the bed and the speckled hen said, "Roll over! Roll over!" Count the funny animal friends as they noisily roll, flop, and tumble out of bed, one by one, in this clever split-page picture book. As the bed gets emptier,…
    BookSomerville, MA : Nosy Crow, 2024. — jP CHARMAN Katrina
  • When a dragon gets sick, his phoenix friend rushes to help and ends up needing his help in return.
    BookNew York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024. — jP CHENG Charlotte
  • In this interactive book Lady Rabbit the Magician offers to read your mind, if you pick a member from the magician's audience.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2024] — FUN & GAMES THEATER E COP
  • Follow perfect pet Barnaby on his perilous journey home through bustling streets, mysterious alleyways, and the untamed wilds of city parks in this gorgeously illustrated tale of friendship, unconditional love and belonging. Barnaby is…
    Book[Toronto] : Tundra Books, [2024] — jP FAN Terry
  • When three mysterious visitors from "Europe" crash-land in Mr. Li's field, he does what any good host would: he invites them back to his farmhouse and offers to help fix up their "car." No, there's nothing strange about these guests at…
    Book[Toronto] : Tundra Books, [2024] — OURSELVES BEHAVIOR Fang, X.
  • A charming old man is searching everywhere for his pet chameleon. His dog tries to help... but the man just can't see his colorful pet! The clever chameleon camouflages himself as a flower, a banana, a sock, and much more. When the man…
    BookBeverly, MA : Happy Yak, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2024. — PICTURE-BOOK HOWLEY Jonty
  • Jack, Jill, and Rex are excited to play a game of Go and Get! The rules are simple: on the count of three, each player must go and get something that begins with a certain letter. While Jack's and Jill's picks always fit the bill (What…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — jP LAROCHELLE David
  • Readers are invited to imagine anything they desire, with the promise that the illustrator will bring it to life on the next page--except for tigers!
    BookNew York : Random House Children's Books, 2024. — PIC LATI
  • Children watch in amazement as the bicycle food deliverers of Tokyo stack their noodle bowls like architects, zip through the city like acrobats, and deliver delicious noodles to students, office workers, and families.
    BookNew York : Random House Studio, [2024] — E MAC (NEW)