Editors' picks: books for children and young adults

Discover our hand-selected picks of the best new books for kids of all ages. From the top titles each month for Baby-Age 2, Ages 3-5, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-12, Teen & Young Adult and Nonfiction children's books, to our favorites for the season, these are the titles we think are the new tried and true for young readers.

Best books of March by age

Good Night Like This

Baby-Age 2
Dylan the Villain

Ages 3-5
The Sandwich Thief

Ages 6-8
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook

Ages 9-12
Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs

Nonfiction
Thanks for the Trouble

Young Adult

Current and Past Picks for Best Picture Books of the Month (Ages 3-5)

I Don't Want to Be a Frog
›Mike Boldt, Dev Petty
(175)
Hardcover: $10.91
Kindle Edition: $12.55
Gaston
Kelly DiPucchio, Christian Robinson
(125)
Hardcover: $12.14
Kindle Edition: $13.23
Max the Brave
›Ed Vere
(58)
Hardcover: $12.16
Kindle Edition: $7.46

Current and Past Picks for Best Books of the Month (Ages 6-8)

The Book with No Pictures
›B. J. Novak
(2,848)
Hardcover: $11.33
Kindle Edition: $10.07
My New Friend Is So Fun!
›Mo Willems
(169)
Hardcover: $5.62
Magic Tree House #54: Balto of the...
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca
(19)
Hardcover: $7.73
Kindle Edition: $9.59

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Editors' picks: The best books of March for ages 6-8

Ideas Are All Around
Philip C. Stead
(1)
Hardcover: $11.73
The Sandwich Thief
André Marois, Patrick Doyon
(3)
Hardcover: $8.51
Kindle Edition: $9.06
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems...
Julie Fogliano, Julie Morstad
(3)
Hardcover: $12.16
Kindle Edition: $14.76