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Best children's books of 2025

📚These are the top books of the year chosen by our children's librarians for children of all ages. It includes engaging stories, eye-opening information books, and titles that encourage curiosity and imagination. 👉 At the end of the list, you’ll find a link to e‑books and audiobooks.

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  • About Time

    a Children's Guide to the History and Science of Time

    Shaha, Alom,
    Ages 8 to 12 – Non-fiction
    Book, 2025New York, NY : DK Publishing, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.
  • Ages 1 to 3 - First picture book
    Book, 2025Lincoln, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, Inc., 2025.
  • Ages 8 to 12 - Non-fiction
    Book, 2025New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025.
  • Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book
    Book, 2025Toronto : Tundra, 2025.
  • Ages 9 and up - Fiction
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
  • Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book
    Book, 2025New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2025].
  • Ages 9 to 13 - Graphic novel
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
  • Cats and Us

    a Ten-thousand-year Fascination

    Pantaleo, Marta, 1990-
    Ages 5 to 10 - Non-fiction
    Book, 2025Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2025.
  • Ages 10 and up - Fiction
    Book, 2025New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2025]
  • Ages 8 to 12 - Graphic novel
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2025]
  • Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025.
  • Downpour

    Splish! Splash! Ker-splash!

    Ōnari, Yūko, 1965-
    Ages 3 to 6 - Picture book
    Book, 2025Brooklyn : Red Comet Press, 2025.
  • The Escape Artist

    a True Story of Octopus Adventure

    Hanson, Thor
    Ages 5 to 10 - Non-fiction
    Book, 2025New York : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
  • Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2025]
  • Ages 5 and up - Non-fiction
    Book, 2025New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2025.
  • Ages 3 to 5 - Picture book
    Book, 2024Minneapolis, MN : Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications, [2024]