Donuts arrive in children’s books already dressed for comedy: round, frosted, sprinkled, and equipped with a hole where sensible food keeps its middle. Authors have turned them into runaway bakery customers, squirrel heist targets, manners tests, business plans, historical inventions, and the crucial evidence in more than one extremely sticky mystery.
Drawing from Bookroo’s collection of donut books, our editors chose the funniest read-alouds, the strongest books for new independent readers, a well-researched true story, and a middle-grade novel with real flour on its apron. Start with our fixed shortlist of 10 favorites, then browse the picture-book and chapter-book shelves for another batch.
A freshly made doughnut is delighted to be chosen at the bakery—until he discovers what customers normally do with doughnuts.
Two hungry squirrels plan a food-truck heist after breakfast burns and the donut seller refuses to share.
Two bakers answer every new donut with a wilder invention until one child asks for the treat they have forgotten.
LouAnn keeps dividing fresh batches among surprise guests—then discovers she has saved none for her own winter nap.
One donut sends an energetic dog from apple juice to apple picking, baseball, treasure hunting, and back again.
Mr. Panda offers a tray of colorful doughnuts to animals who want one badly but forget a very small word.
A boy’s search for donuts leads to a collector, a pretzel seller, an old prophecy, and a basement filling with coffee.
After moving to a town with no restaurants, Tristan hunts down a legendary recipe and tries to build a doughnut business.
A teenage sailor confronts the greasy middle of a fried cake and cuts his way into breakfast history.
A young sheriff must deliver a dozen donuts, but powdered sugar on his face keeps attracting suspiciously accurate questions.
Bakery rivalries, powdered-sugar clues, talking pastries, and lessons in counting or manners for ages 3–8.
A knight and dragon must defy a duel law to save their friendship.
Discover which unique pastry you are in a delightful bakery adventure.
Explore a whimsical world where donuts come to life in unexpected ways.
A boy time-travels to find a dragon. Is it real?
Fairies make too many donuts, leading to chaos and unexpected adventure.
A unicorn's quest to fly leads to unexpected solutions.
A detective must find a missing cat in a building full of quirky surprises.
A curious monkey's donut order spirals out of control with extra zeros.
Squirrel capers, bakery mysteries, alien pastries, and a full-fledged doughnut business for readers ages 5–12.
A group of dogs embark on a mission to find food and discover a new source of sustenance in the form of donuts.
A cat with superpowers must stop a villainous plot to take over the city.
A new doughnut shop's recipes mirror Delilah's. Coincidence or theft?
Alien doughnuts threaten Earth. Can Arnie save the day?
A pet doughnut dog must solve the mystery of gutter balls at the bowling alley.
Arnie faces a wild game show challenge against The Pumpernator. Can he win?
Unlikely partners tackle quirky cases to save their city.
