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The Best Books for Kids Ages 6-8

Looking for the best books for six- to eight-year-olds?
Curated by Bookroo: The Children's Book Experts

Our mission is to help children find their next favorite book. As J.K. Rowling once said, “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” In our collection of the best books for six- to eight-year-olds, you'll find everything from new 2021 books to classic favorites, from award-winning books to hidden gems. Whether you have an independent reader, boy or girl, now reading for themselves or are looking for a book to read aloud together, in our collection you're sure to find a book that becomes a favorite.

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And Away We Go! book
And Away We Go!
Migy England
Picture book
5.2
friendshipsharinghot air balloonsfoxesanimalstransportation
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Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty book
Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty (Book #1)
A.N. Kang
Picture book
5.3
leaving homemaking friendscostumespetscats
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Please Don't Tell Cooper He's a Dog book
Please Don't Tell Cooper He's a Dog
Anna Mosca, Michelle Lander Feinberg
Picture book
4.3
family animals
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Over and Under the Rainforest book
Over and Under the Rainforest
Kate Messner, Christopher Silas Neal
Picture book
5.5
animals back matter rainforests zoology science
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Bookroo's Top Recommended 6- to 8-Year-Olds Books

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The Wheel on the School book
The Wheel on the School
Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak
Chapter book
7.0
storks birds friendship school
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Book Collections
Friendship
The Wheel on the School book
A Boy Called Bat book
Notorious book
Orange for the Sunsets book
True (. . . Sort Of) book
Hello, Mr. Dodo! book
Book Collections
Creativity
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree book
Square book
Lola Dutch book
The Marvelous Magic of Miss Mabel book
What If... book
I Have an Idea! book
Book Collections
Feelings And Emotions
To the Sea book
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day book
Ruby Finds a Worry book
Nobody Hugs A Cactus book
The Pout-Pout Fish book
A Bedtime Yarn book

Bestselling Books for 6- to 8-Year-Olds

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The Cat in the Hat book
The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
4.3
kids stuck at homecatshomeschooling
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
4.0
fishcounting and numbershomeschooling
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Green Eggs and Ham book
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.3
foodpicky-eatingtrying new thingseggs
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! book
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.3
word playimaginationtravelself-esteemhabits and behaviorgraduation
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Fox in Socks book
Fox in Socks
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
4.8
foxes
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The Lorax book
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.1
treesrecyclingthe environmentpollutionecologyscience and nature
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Dr. Seuss's ABC book
Dr. Seuss's ABC
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.4
alphabet (ABCs)
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What Pet Should I Get? book
What Pet Should I Get?
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
3.8
petssiblingsanimalsmaking decisions
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Horton Hears a Who! book
Horton Hears a Who!
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.0
kindnessbeing nicefriendshipelephantssocial themesvalues and virtueshelping othersneighbors
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How to Catch a Leprechaun book
How to Catch a Leprechaun
Adam Wallace, Andy Elkerton
Picture book
4.5
magicholidaysSt. Patrick's Dayleprechauns
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There's No Place Like Space book
There's No Place Like Space
Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz
Picture book
5.5
planetsthe moonthe universecatsouter spacestarsaeronautics, astronautics and space sciencetechnologyastronomy
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Oh, the THINKS You Can Think! book
Oh, the THINKS You Can Think!
Dr. Seuss
Picture book
5.3
thinkingideasimagination
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Book Series
People Who Shaped Our World Series
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code book
Gloria's Voice book
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom book
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life book
Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight book
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer book
Book Series
Little House on the Prairie Series
Farmer Boy book
On the Banks of Plum Creek book
By the Shores of Silver Lake book
The Long Winter book
Little Town on the Prairie: Full Color Edition book
These Happy Golden Years book
Book Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
The Bad Beginning book
The Reptile Room book
The Wide Window book
The Miserable Mill book
The Austere Academy book
The Ersatz Elevator book

Classic Books

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Lesser-Known Gems for 6- to 8-Year-Olds

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The Nutcracker : A Pop-Up Book for Christmas book
The Nutcracker : A Pop-Up Book for Christmas
Nick Denchfield, Sue Scullard
Picture book
6.0
holidays Christmas the nutcracker
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Koalas Eat Gum Leaves book
Koalas Eat Gum Leaves
Laura Bunting, Philip Bunting
Picture book
6.5
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Before After book
Before After
Anne-Margot Ramstein, Matthias Aregui
Picture book
6.3
science and nature
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Book Types
Board Books
Robobaby book
Skin Like Mine book
The Night Before Easter book
Love You Forever book
The Day the Crayons Came Home book
Little Blue Truck's Valentine book
Book Types
Picture Books
The Cat in the Hat book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish book
Green Eggs and Ham book
Oh, the Places You'll Go! book
Fox in Socks book
The Lorax book
Book Types
Chapter Books
The Dangerous Gift book
Cat Kid Comic Club book
The Deep End book
Heat of the Lava Dragon book
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls book
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History book

New and Coming Soon

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Hip, Hip . . . Beret! book
Hip, Hip . . . Beret!
Melanie Ellsworth, Morena Forza
Board book
5.8
presents and gifts imagination and play hats animals
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Whole Whale book
Whole Whale
 
Picture book
5.8
marine life sea creatures
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For Kids
Ages 0-2
Skin Like Mine book
Antiracist Baby Picture Book book
How to Babysit a Grandma book
Rumple Buttercup book
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? book
Eating the Alphabet book
For Kids
Ages 3-5
The Cat in the Hat book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish book
Green Eggs and Ham book
Oh, the Places You'll Go! book
Fox in Socks book
Dr. Seuss's ABC book
For Kids
Ages 9-12
Oh, the Places You'll Go! book
The Lorax book
The Dangerous Gift book
Happy Birthday to You! book
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories book
You're Only Old Once!: A Book for Obsolete Children book
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