New York Times Best Children's Books of 2024

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by the New York Times books editor. These books on this list are available to be borrowed through the Sussex County Library System.

Updated January 27, 2025
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Sussex County Library System (NJ)
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Amazing grapes and the lost dimension
Feiffer, Jules
Paper Book
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer brings the fantastical to life with his signature style in this zany, whimsical adventure about a family on a quest to find their mother and save another dimension. Curly and Perlie, brother and sister, find themselves...

MIDDLE GRADE

Animal albums from A to Z.
Bell, Cece
Paper Book
From the inimitable creator of El Deafo, this all-ages alphabet book is also a hand-wrought, high-fidelity, hilariously tongue-in-cheek homage to the golden days of album cover art. Cece Bell loves music and collecting old record albums, her introduction explains,...

PICTURE BOOK

A Day With Mousse
Lebourg, Claire/ Lewis, Sophie (TRN)
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 USBBY Outstanding International Books In a new series for early readers, Mousse receives an unexpected visit--and forms an unlikely friendship. Mousse loves his solitary life by the sea...
Louder than hunger
Schu, John
Paper Book
The yellow bus /
Long, Loren
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller A #1 Indie Bestseller With stunning illustrations and an inspiring, universal message, The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling Loren Long is a tender and hopeful modern classic--the...

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