Books About Mazes

The Best Mazes Books for Kids

Looking for excellent children's books about mazes? This collection brings together Bookroo's highest-rated and most useful picks in one place.

Start with our editorial favorites, then browse recommendations organized by reading stage to find the right book for your reader.

The Shortlist

Our 4 Favorite Books About Mazes

Picture Book · 1985

The Jungle of Peril

Solve mazes and puzzles to find a safe path through a deadly jungle to hidden treasure.

48 pages
4.3 Goodreads · 41 ratings
Paperback
Summary: With a monkey for company, you set out through a perilous jungle to find a lost pyramid and the treasure inside. Killer ants, flesh-eating plants and fiery volcanoes stand in the way. Mazes, spot-the-difference and hidden-object puzzles decide which page you turn to next, so each reader picks a different route through the adventure.
Squirrel vs. Maze
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2027

Squirrel vs. Maze

Can a backyard squirrel outsmart an obstacle course built by an engineer?

64 pages
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Paperback
Summary: A former NASA engineer builds an ever more complicated backyard maze to keep squirrels away from a bird feeder, then watches them try to solve it. Photos, diagrams and behind-the-scenes notes from his popular video series explain the engineering behind each obstacle and what the squirrels' problem-solving reveals.
Rat Attack!
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Chapter Book · Ages 7–10 · 2026

Rat Attack!

Trapped in a rat's cage, can they escape and survive?

128 pages· 8,046 words· Est. 1 hour read
5.0 Goodreads · 2 ratings
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Paperback
Summary: Ari and his friends, Jez and Zeke, find themselves unexpectedly shrunk and trapped in a rat's cage after a mishap in a laboratory. As they navigate this perilous new world, they must outsmart the cunning rat and find a way back to their normal size. Will they escape the clutches of their tiny prison, or remain forever at the mercy of the rat? Join them on this thrilling adventure filled with danger and unexpected twists in a blocky Roblox universe.
Mystery at the Corn-y Maze
Graphic Nov.
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–9 · 2026

Mystery at the Corn-y Maze

Detective duo tackles a corn maze mystery with missing animals and ghostly suspects.

80 pages
4.2 Goodreads · 43 ratings
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Hardcover
Summary: In a forest corn maze, Detective Squirrel Lock Holmes and Mole Watson face their toughest case yet: three missing animals and whispers of ghosts. As they navigate twists and turns, these quirky sleuths must unravel the mystery before it's too late. Can they outsmart the supernatural and solve the case? Join the laughter and suspense in this colorful graphic novel adventure.