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Writing & Storytelling

Writing & Storytelling Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

8,512 books about writing & storytelling

0–3 yrs432 books

4–7 yrs2787 books

8–11 yrs3202 books

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0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Cover of A Mouse Called Thursday

A Mouse Called Thursday

For the child who asks big questions about what people believe. This satirical animal fable explores how groups form sha

Cover of The Pioneer

For the child who feels different and needs to see that their unique style, creative voice, and bold personality are act

Cover of Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

Lynda Blackmon Lowery

Fifteen-year-old Lynda Blackmon Lowery joins the historic fifty-four-mile march from Selma to Montgomery to fight for th

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12–18 yrs

1663 books

Cover of Dreamhunter

Dreamhunter Duet #1

Dreamhunter

Elizabeth Knox

For the teenager beginning to see the complex machinery of the adult world and the ethics of how we use our natural reso

Ages 12–18

Cover of Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

For the young reader beginning to grapple with the history of systemic unfairness and seeking a model of unshakable cour

Cover of Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring

Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring

Matthew Burgess

For the child who loves to doodle on every surface, this story celebrates how a passion for drawing can become a powerfu

Cover of Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

Michael Gruenbaum, Todd Hasak-Lowy

Michael survives the years from 1939 to 1945 in Prague and the Terezin Concentration Camp in this moving narrative memoi

Cover of When I Grow Up

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic brings his signature accordion and zany energy to a story about dreaming big and the

Cover of Kick

Walter Dean Myers

For the teen struggling with the weight of a bad decision, this alternating story explores accountability and the messy

Cover of Where I Belong

Marcia Argueta Mickelson

For the teen navigating the tension between their private identity and public perception while standing up for their fam

Cover of A Boy and a Jaguar

A Boy and a Jaguar

Alan Rabinowitz

A young boy who struggles to speak find his true voice among the animals at the zoo, sparking a lifelong mission to prot

Cover of Antiracist Kitchen, The: 21 Stories (and Recipes)

Antiracist Kitchen, The: 21 Stories (and Recipes)

For children processing their place in a multicultural world, this anthology uses the kitchen table to explore heritage,

Cover of The Fifth Vertex

The Sigilord Chronicles #1

The Fifth Vertex

A deaf boy cast out by his warrior society discovers an ancient, long-dormant magic that might be the only weapon agains

Cover of For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters

For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters

For the curious young citizen who wants to understand how their country works and how they can make a difference in thei

Cover of Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education

True Stories in Focus #1

Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education

Lawrence Goldstone

For the teenager grappling with why the world is unfair, this history of the fight against segregation shows how legal b

Cover of A Walk With Grandpa

A Walk With Grandpa

Sharon K. Solomon

For the child learning about the painful reality of American history and the strength required to survive injustice and

Cover of Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

written and illustrated by Susan L. Roth

For the child who loves to create and wonders if their hobbies could become a lifelong passion. This book explores how t

Cover of Two-Fisted Science

Two-Fisted Science

History comes alive through the eyes of legendary scientists like Newton and Feynman in these fast-paced graphic biograp

Cover of Lulu the Broadway Mouse

Lulu the Broadway Mouse

Living inside the Shubert Theatre, a small mouse with big dreams seeks a way onto the stage with the help of a human fri

Cover of Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust

Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust

For the child grappling with unfairness or witnessing excluding behavior, this haunting allegory explains how silence al

Cover of What About Will

What About Will

Crank is a novel by Ellen Hopkins published in 2004. It is based loosely on the real life addictions of the author's dau

Cover of Rory's Promise

Hidden Histories #3

Michaela MacColl, Rosemary Nichols

For the child starting to notice that the world isn't always fair. This historical journey follows a girl discovering th

Cover of How We Got to Now (Adapted for Young Readers)

How We Got to Now (Adapted for Young Readers)

For the curious child who asks how everything from the lightbulb to the refrigerator was invented and how those ideas ch

Cover of The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

Jeanette Winter

For the child who feels more at home in nature than the classroom, this quiet biography follows Jane Goodall's journey f