The Ten Best Children’s Books of 2025

by Smithsonian Magazine

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10 books

This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer book and much more.

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There Are No Silly Questions

More Than 200 Weird and Wacky Questions, Expertly Answered!

Mike Rampton, 2025

Every Monday Mabel

Jashar Awan, 2025

Let's Be Bees

Shawn Harris, 2025

Broken

Don't Trust Fish

Neil Sharpson, 2025

To See an Owl

Matthew Cordell, 2025

A Book of Maps for You

Lourdes Heuer, 2025

The Three-Year Tumble

Based on a Korean Folktale

Dayeon Auh, 2025

On Our Way with Mr. Jay

Chelsea Lin Wallace, 2025

If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone

Gideon Sterer, 2025