Best of 2024: Kids' fiction, comics, and more

There have been so many fantastic children's books published in 2024, and this is our chance to share our top picks for the year with you.

As an extra, we've thrown in a few books that weren't published in 2024, but were read and enjoyed by our librarians in 2024.

Updated December 29, 2024
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Nine girls
Gregg, Stacy
Paper Book
An epic story woven with suspense by Pony Club Secrets and The Princess and the Foal author Stacy Gregg - winner of the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction! They dug a hole and they put the box filled with gold inside...
The Raven's Eye runaways
Mabey, Claire
Paper Book
A gripping, beautifully-told fantasy quest set in a parallel medieval world.
The Grimmelings
King, Rachael
Paper Book
Three starred reviews! A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A girl must unravel the mystery behind disappearances in her community and the arrival of a strange boy and a wild horse in this "dark, lyrical, and unforgettable" (School Library...
School For Puppies
Kitamura, Satoshi.
Paper Book
Cloudspotting for beginners
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated guide to clouds and the sky for inspiring and educating curious minds with meteorological wonder. Renowned journalist, public speaker, and founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society Gavin Pretor-Pinney details the key facts and characteristics about each...
Cloudspotting For Beginners
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin.
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated guide to clouds and the sky for inspiring and educating curious minds with meteorological wonder. Renowned journalist, public speaker, and founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society Gavin Pretor-Pinney details the key facts and characteristics about each...
Grotti
Lord, Leonie
Paper Book
Let me be Frank : the joy of being yourself
Urlichs, Jessica
Paper Book
There are so many toys, and games we can play. Whatever we choose, let's do it our way. Join Frank and Quinn on their playdate - there are no limits to which toys they can play with and which games they can choose. A fun rhyming picture...
Bowerbird blues
Parker, Aura
Paper Book
Dazzlehands
Cotter, Sacha
Paper Book
The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!' As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: 'Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta...
Ringako?reko
Cotter, Sacha
Paper Book
"The cow says moo, the chicken says cluck and the pig says ... Dazzlehands! As hard as the farmer tries, pig wont go oink. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these Dazzlehands!"--Publisher...
George & Tao
Dubois, Claude K.
Paper Book
A tiny, delicately illustrated picture book for young children and animal lovers that holds a world of emotion conveying a friendship between an energetic puppy and a new kitten. Little dog George isn't sure about the new kitten that appears in their home. George sniffs Tao, they look at...
The night walk
Dorle?ans, Marie
Paper Book
An award-winning picture book about a family's midnight adventure - a contemporary Owl Moon. A 2021 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book which has received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book and Booklist. Mama...
Inch and Grub : a story about cavemen
Chisholm, Alastair (Children's author)
Paper Book
Two cavemen invent EVERYTHING! But will they be happy? Inch and Grub are cavemen. Grub's cave is bigger, and he says that makes him the best. So Inch adds a water feature to his cave. But Grub has made fire! So Inch makes a chair. And a house. And a CAR. Grub, meanwhile, has made a castle and a...
My aunt is a monster
Yee, Reimena
Paper Book
Curses! Adventures! And drama! Oh my! Safia might not be able to see the world, but that doesn't mean she can't experience it to the fullest as she finds herself on her very first adventure! This is a contemporary fantasy middle-grade graphic novel about discovering what you are truly capable of....
The Halfmen of O
Gee, Maurice.
Paper Book
The first volume of Maurice Gee's acclaimed trilogy wherein Susan and Nick are transported to the terrifying land of O... 'Nick had seen the birthmark on Susan's wrist. It had two parts. Each was shaped like a tear drop, curved like a moon. One was bright red and the other...
The tree and the river
Becker, Aaron
Paper Book
A spectacular time-lapse portrait of humankind--and our impact on the natural world--from a Caldecott Honor-winning master of the wordless form In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of...
One fox : a counting book thriller
Read, Kate
Paper Book
Counting from one to ten has never been so thrilling in this Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Book and recipient of the Mathical Book Prize from Kate Read! One hungry fox with two sly eyes is on the prowl . . . three plump hens had better watch out! Rich...
Alebrijes
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The LastCuentista series from Newbery medalist Donna Barba Higuera!  For 400 years, Earth has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel...

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