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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Wellington City Libraries Children's team at Wellington City Libraries
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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.
Alebrijes
Higuera, Donna Barba
Paper Book
PURA BELPRÉ HONOR WINNER BEST OF THE YEAR New York Times · Kirkus · Booklist · Chicago Public Library The follow-up to Newbery and Pura Belpré Award-winning The Last Cuentista ...
The Grimmelings
King, Rachael
Paper Book
Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish for . . .
Grotti
Lord, Leonie
Paper Book
Bowerbird blues
Parker, Aura
Paper Book
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...
Inch and Grub : a story about cavemen
Chisholm, Alastair (Children's author)
Paper Book
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 tree and the river
Becker, Aaron
Paper Book
One fox : a counting book thriller
Read, Kate
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2020 MATHICAL BOOK PRIZE, awarded by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)A stunning counting book and thrilling farmyard adventure from brilliantly talented debut author-illustrator, Kate Read.One famished fox with two sly eyes is on the prowl. Three plump hens...

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