These Are Amazon's Picks for the Best Children's Books of 2021 (So Far)

Amazon just announced it’s list of the Best Books of the Year so far, compiled by Amazon’s book editorial team. The list includes the top 20 books of the year, published between January and June 2021, as well as top picks across literary fiction, mysteries, biographies, young adult novels, kids’ books and more.

To create the list, editors read hundreds of titles over the last six months. Without further ado, here are their picks for the Best Children’s Books of the Year (so far), broken down by age group.

Top 20 Children’s Books of 2021 Overall

1. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
2. Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations) by B.B. Alston
3. Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
4. What the Road Said by Cleo Wade
5. Starfish by Lisa Fipps
6. Fiona, It’s Bedtime illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
7. City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
8. I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams by Jessica Young
9. A Pizza with Everything on It by Kyle Scheele
10. The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody
11. Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña
12. Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
13. The Tale of the Mandarin Duck: A Modern Fable by Bette Midler
14. Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
15. Once Upon a Dragons Fire by Beatrice Blue
16. I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! by Alissa Holder and Zulekha Holder-Young
17. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney
18. A New Day by Brad Meltzer
19. Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
20. Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo

Top 20 Children’s Books of 2021: Baby to Age 2

1. Fiona, It’s Bedtime (A Fiona the Hippo Book) illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
2. Hello, World! Cars and Trucks by Jill McDonald
3. Blankie (A Narwhal and Jelly Board Book) by Ben Clanton
4. Cool Cuts by Mechal Renee Roe
5. Mrs. Peanuckle’s Hiking Alphabet by Mrs. Peanuckle
6. Jungle Night by Sandra Boynton
7. Families Can by Dan Saks
8. Sharkblock by Christopher Franceschelli
9. Bizzy Bear: Airplane Pilot by Benji Davies
10. Happiness Is a Rainbow by Patricia Hegarty
11. Here and Now by Julia Denos
12. Unicorn Day: A Magical Kindness Book for Kids by Diana Murray
13. I Like to Share! by Stephen Krensky
14. Curls by Ruth Forman
15. Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
16. Tow Truck Joe by June Sobel
17. Day on the Farm with The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Tabbed Board Book by Eric Carle
18. Sloth and Smell the Roses by Eunice Moyle and Sabrina Moyle
19. Diggersaurs Explore by Michael Whaite
20. Oakley the Squirrel: The Search for Z: A Nutty Alphabet Book by Nancy Rose

Top 20 Children’s Books of 2021: Age 3 to 5

1. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho
2. I’ll Meet You in Your Dreams by Jessica Young
3. A New Day by Brad Meltzer
4. I Am Smart, I Am Blessed, I Can Do Anything! by Alissa Holder and and Zulekha Holder-Young
5. Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo
6. Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
7. The Bruce Swap by Ryan Higgins
8. How to Catch a Clover Thief by Elise Parsley
9. Regina Is NOT a Little Dinosaur by Andrea Zuill
10. My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain
11. I’m a Hare, So There! by Julie Rowan-Zoch
12. Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris
13. The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken by Jennifer Frank
14. The Froggies Do NOT Want to Sleep by Adam Gustavson
15. Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
16. Bad Cat! by Nicola O’Byrne
17. No Pants! by Jacob Grant
18. Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
19. It’s So Quiet: A Not-Quite-Going-to-Bed Book by Sherri Duskey Rinker
20. Just Be Jelly by Maddie Frost

To learn more about the editor’s picks so far, visit Amazon.com.