Fall Children’s Book Trends

By Caroline O'Connor | October 26 2020 | Children'sGeneralGiftBlogAdults

What’s on the rise in Children’s books you may ask? Take a look below.

 

 

  • Fall Picture Books: Check out all of our adorable Fall Picture Books! Featuring a new array of lovable and unforgettable characters.

  • Holidays: Make the holidays extra special this year! Take some time with your family for holiday activities or to learn about a different culture and what traditions they may have this time of year.

  • Activity Books: Keep little ones busy over winter break! Our list has tons of educational and fun workbooks to keep kids distracted and entertained.

  • Mindfulness: Help children come to terms with the changing environment around them through breathwork, yoga, and discussion of their own feelings.

  • New and Bestselling Board Books: Board Books continue to become increasingly popular in the gift market. Perfect for subbing in for a card, a stocking stuffer, or for gifting on a budget! So many new and classic board books to choose from.

Elf
Elf
The Classic Illustrated Storybook
Kim Smith
9781683692201
The beloved holiday movie starring Will Ferrell is now a Pop Classics picture book!
$18.99 US
Oct 06, 2020
9 x 11
Hardcover
40 Pages
Quirk Books
Age 4-8 years
What We'll Build
What We'll Build
Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers
9780593206751
An instant New York Times bestseller!From Oliver Jeffers, world-renowned picture book creator and illustrator of The Crayons' Christmas, comes a gorgeously told father-daughter story and companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are!
$19.99 US
Oct 06, 2020
9-1/2 x 11
Hardcover
48 Pages
Philomel Books
Age 4-8 years
The Highlights Book of Things to Do
The Highlights Book of Things to Do
The Highlights Book of Things to Do (Highlights Books of Doing): Ultimate Kids Activity Book with Over 500 Screen-Free Activities, Brain Teasers, Recipes, Craft
9781684376421
The ultimate boredom buster! From the brand behind America's #1 most-read children's magazine, the Highlights Book of Things to Do is the essential book of pure creativity and inspiration, filled with over 500 things for kids to do when bored.
$29.99 US
Sep 22, 2020
7-1/2 x 10
Hardcover
372 Pages
Highlights Press
Age 7 and up
Be
Be
My Mindfulness Journal
Wee Society
9780593231807
From the award-winning design firm behind Me: A Compendium comes a journal that teaches kids how to stay calm and develop confidence with mindful activities, bright art, and playful thought-starters.
$14.99 US
Nov 17, 2020
6-1/2 x 9
Stationery & Accessories
64 Pages
Clarkson Potter
Age 5-9 years
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 8 Nights of Chanukah
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 8 Nights of Chanukah
Eric Carle, Eric Carle
9780593226087
Celebrate Chanukah with The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
$9.99 US
Oct 13, 2020
6 x 8
Board Book
18 Pages
World of Eric Carle
Age 1-3 years
Happy Kwanzaa Mad Libs
Happy Kwanzaa Mad Libs
World's Greatest Word Game
Mad Libs, David Tierra
9780593094013
Time to light the PLURAL NOUN and celebrate Kwanzaa with your family, closest friends, and Mad Libs.
$4.99 US
Oct 13, 2020
5-1/4 x 8-3/8
Paperback
48 Pages
Mad Libs
Age 8-12 years
Christmas Cards Mad Libs
Christmas Cards Mad Libs
Fun Cards to Fill Out and Send
Mad Libs, P. Sean O'Kane
9780593222096
Mad Libs is the world's greatest word game and a great gift for anyone who likes to laugh! Write in the missing words on each page to create and mail your own hilariously funny Christmas cards (complete with stickers and address areas for mailing). Christmas Cards Mad Libs makes sending out holiday greetings a total NOUN.
$6.99 US
Oct 13, 2020
6-1/4 x 10
Paperback
48 Pages
Mad Libs
Age 8-12 years
A Polar Bear in the Snow
A Polar Bear in the Snow
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris
9781536203967
A majestic polar bear heads out on a mysterious walk in a dazzling, playful collaboration from an exciting pair of picture-book creators.Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human . . . where is he going? What does he want? Acclaimed author Mac Barnett’s narration deftly balances suspense and emotion, as well as poignant, subtle themes, compelling us to follow the bear with each page turn. Artist Shawn Harris’s striking torn-paper illustrations layer white-on-white hues, with bolts of blue and an interplay of shadow and light, for a gorgeous view of a stark yet beautiful landscape. Simple and thought-provoking, illuminating and intriguing, this engaging picture book will have readers pondering the answer to its final question long after the polar bear has continued on his way.
$17.99 US
Oct 13, 2020
8-1/4 x 11
Hardcover
40 Pages
Candlewick
Age 3-7 years
Breathing Makes It Better
Breathing Makes It Better
A Book for Sad Days, Mad Days, Glad Days, and All the Feelings In-Between
Christopher Willard, Wendy O'Leary
9781611804690
An engaging and interactive story showing children ages 3-6 the power of breath when dealing with new and difficult emotions.
$16.95 US
Oct 01, 2019
9 x 9
Hardcover
36 Pages
Bala Kids
Age 3-7 years
Professor Astro Cat's Outer Space Flash Cards
Professor Astro Cat's Outer Space Flash Cards
50 Stellar Questions to Boost Your Knowledge About the Universe: Card Games
Ben Newman, Dr. Dominic Walliman
9780525577034
Based on the hit cult book Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space, these out-of-this-world flash cards are fun and educational for parents and kids alike!
$14.99 US
Sep 15, 2020
3-7/8 x 5-5/8
Cards
50 Pages
Clarkson Potter
Age 7-10 years
How Do I Feel?
How Do I Feel?
A little guide to my emotions
DK
9780744021448
The characters Happiness, Anger, Sadness and Pride are here to teach your little ones how to recognize emotions and name their feelings.
$6.99 US
Jun 09, 2020
7-1/16 x 7-1/16
Board Book
16 Pages
DK Children
Age 3-5 years
She Persisted Around the World
She Persisted Around the World
13 Women Who Changed History
Alexandra Boiger, Chelsea Clinton
9780593204146
The companion to Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger's #1 New York Times bestseller, She Persisted. Perfect for tiny activists, mini feminists and little kids who are ready to take on the world. Now abridged as a board book for our youngest feminists and activists!
$9.99 US
Oct 20, 2020
5-1/2 x 7
Board Book
30 Pages
Philomel Books
Age 0-3 years
Happy Hair
Happy Hair
Mechal Renee Roe
9780593173336
African American girls and their beautiful hair are celebrated in this bright, joyful read-together book that will have girls everywhere repeating the chorus: "I love being me!"
$7.99 US
Oct 13, 2020
6 x 7-1/2
Board Book
28 Pages
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Age 0-3 years
Creature Features: Dinosaurs
Creature Features: Dinosaurs
Big Picture Press, Natasha Durley
9781536215045
Each page in this book is bursting with unusual creatures from the time of dinosaurs, all united by a common characteristic. From wonderful wings to terrific teeth, from tyrannosaurs to ancient turtles, this eclectic collection celebrates the diversity and similarities of the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Guaranteed to fascinate budding paleontologists.
$18.99 US
Oct 06, 2020
9-1/4 x 11-13/16
Board Book
24 Pages
Big Picture Press
Age 3-7 years
How Big Is Love?
How Big Is Love?
Emma Dodd, Emma Dodd
9781536215441
“Before you came I did not know just how big love can be. Love’s wider than the ocean, it’s deeper than the sea.” Does love have a size? A family of ducks celebrates the boundless affection between them in Emma Dodd’s gentle rhyming ode to unconditional love.
$14.99 US
Dec 08, 2020
7-7/8 x 7-7/8
Hardcover
24 Pages
Templar
Age 2-5 years
The Purple Puffy Coat
The Purple Puffy Coat
Maribeth Boelts, Daniel Duncan
9781536204971
Beetle gives Stick Bug an attention-grabbing coat for his birthday—but is that what Stick Bug really wants? A delightful story about friends learning to understand each other.It’s almost Stick Bug’s birthday, and his fashionable friend Beetle can’t wait to give him his present—a purple puffy coat! The coat draws a lot of attention and makes Stick Bug really stick out in the crowd. Beetle thinks that’s terrific! He brings Stick Bug all over town, happily boasting and bragging (while Stick Bug waits behind a tree, in a pile of leaves, or under a bench). Oh, dear—maybe Stick Bug isn’t as wild about the purple puffy coat as Beetle is! What can the two friends do? Charming illustrations bring to life both characters’ endearing struggles in this warm and humorous story about learning to pay attention to what makes your friend happy rather than what makes you happy.
$17.99 US
Nov 10, 2020
8-7/8 x 11
Hardcover
32 Pages
Candlewick
Age 3-7 years
Wreck This Picture Book
Wreck This Picture Book
Keri Smith
9780593111024
An Indie Next List SelectionKeri Smith, creator of the mega-bestselling Wreck This Journal, now brings her imagination and inspiration to children with this picture book that explores the very active experience of reading.
$17.99 US
Nov 03, 2020
7-3/4 x 10-1/5
Hardcover
64 Pages
Dial Books
Age 5-8 years
Find Fergus
Find Fergus
Mike Boldt
9781984849021
"Think of it as a Where's Waldo? book if Waldo were really, really bad at hiding." - author/illustrator Mike Boldt's pitch for Find Fergus.
$18.99 US
Nov 03, 2020
8-1/2 x 11
Hardcover
36 Pages
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Age 3-7 years
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