children's fiction
Young readers' genre
Children's fiction is literature written for readers roughly ages 4 to 12, distinguished from picture books for younger children and young adult fiction for teenagers.
The category spans everything from early chapter books to middle-grade novels: The library's children's fiction section includes everything from Junie B. Jones to Harry Potter.
The genre typically features child protagonists and themes of adventure, friendship, and growing up.
- picture booksBooks told through images
- toddlersVery young children
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- chapter booksSegmented longer narratives
- middle gradeLiterature for ages 8-12
reluctant readers · fantasy · preschoolers · family dynamics · graphic novels · animal stories · adventure · good vs evil · fairy tales · happily ever after · audiobooks · mystery · early readers · diversity · humor · Newbery Medal · teens · coming of age
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
- fictionnovel, novels, novella, novellas, short story
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
- Newbery WinnersHoles, Shiloh, The Giver, Number the Stars, Bridge to Terabithia
children's fictionadult fiction
Books targeting grown readers
literary fiction · young adult fiction · erotic fiction · adult romance
children, fiction, child, childish, childlike, childless, childhood, childishly, childishness