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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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.

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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

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
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