The Best Girls & Women Kids' Books 2026

1. Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 02: The Hidden Staircase, Book 2, (Hardcover)

Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase hits the big screen in March of 2019! Read the classic book that inspired the movie! After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted? Just as soon as she hangs up the phone, a strange man visits Nancy's house to warn her and her father that they are in danger because of a case he is working on buying property for a railroad company. This warning leads Nancy and her father Carson to search for the missing Willie Wharton, a landowner, who can prove he signed away his land to the railroad and save the railroad from a lawsuit. Will Nancy be able to find the missing landowner and discover how these mysteries are related?

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 02: The Hidden Staircase, Book 2, (Hardcover) Author: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: 9780448095028 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1930-05-01 Page Count: 192

2. Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 04: The Mystery at Lilac Inn, Book 4, (Hardcover)

Nancy and her friend Helen visit their friend Emily Willouby at the Lilac Inn, which Emily now owns, to help her plan her wedding. Emily plans on selling inherited diamonds in order to help fix up the Lilac Inn. However, Nancy soon learns that someone has been impersonating her and making expensive purchases under her name. Soon after, Emily's diamonds are stolen! Can Nancy find the thieves and recover the missing diamonds?

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 04: The Mystery at Lilac Inn, Book 4, (Hardcover) Author: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: 9780448095042 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1930-10-01 Page Count: 192

3. Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables, (Paperback)

Read the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, behind the hit Netflix series Anne with an E--now celebrating a hundred years of this children's favorite. "[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice." --Mark Twain Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents' deaths, she's bounced around to foster homes and orphanages. When she is sent by mistake to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she wants to stay forever. But Anne is not the sturdy boy Matthew and Marilla were expecting. She's a talkative redheaded girl with a fierce temper, who tumbles into one scrape after another. Anne is not like anybody else; she is a girl with an enormous imagination and boundless passion. All she's ever wanted is to belong somewhere. And the longer she stays at Green Gables, the harder it is for anyone to imagine life without her. This special Collector's Edition includes the original, unabridged text, a specially commissioned biography of L.M. Montgomery, and a map of Prince Edward Island.

Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables, (Paperback) Author: Starfire ISBN: 9780553213133 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1982-04-01 Page Count: 336

4. The Courage of Sarah Noble

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new for their family

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new for their family ISBN13: 9780689715402 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Publication Year: 1991 Format: Paperback Pages: 64

5. Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 01: The Secret of the Old Clock, Book 1, (Hardcover)

Read the original Nancy Drew mystery, the first book in the iconic mystery series that introduced readers to America's favorite teenaged sleuth! The accidental rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads to an adventurous search for a missing will. Longtime fans and aspiring detectives alike will enjoy solving the case alongside Nancy Drew in this suspenseful, action-packed thriller.

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 01: The Secret of the Old Clock, Book 1, (Hardcover) Author: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: 9780448095011 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1930-05-01 Page Count: 192

6. Jamaica Tag-Along, (Paperback)

Jamaica doesn't want a younger child to play with her, until she remembers how she felt when her older brother excluded her from his games.

Jamaica Tag-Along, (Paperback) Author: Clarion Books ISBN: 9780395549490 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1990-09-24 Page Count: 32

7. An Anastasia Krupnik story: Anastasia at This Address (Hardcover)

Anastasia Krupnik answers a personal ad, and by stretching the truth, finds herself in quite a predicament when the special "he" wants to meet her.

Anastasia Krupnik answers a personal ad, and by stretching the truth, finds herself in quite a predicament when the special "he" wants to meet her.

8. An Anastasia Krupnik story: Anastasia, Absolutely (Hardcover)

Irrepressible Anastasia is in junior high now and participating in the "Values" curriculum through which students learn to make moral decisions. Early one morning she hits the Cambridge streets with her pooper-scooper to walk her new dog. In her half-awake groggy state Anastasia mixes up the two plastic bags she's carrying: one containing letters to be deposited in the mailbox for her mother and the other with her responsible morning gatherings. She's too embarrassed to call the post office to confess and she begins to feel more and more guilty and scared as she notices some intense local police activity in the vicinity of the mailbox. What will Anastasia do?

Irrepressible Anastasia is in junior high now and participating in the "Values" curriculum through which students learn to make moral decisions. Early one morning she hits the Cambridge streets with her pooper-scooper to walk her new dog. In her half-awake groggy state Anastasia mixes up the two plastic bags she's carrying: one containing letters to be deposited in the mailbox for her mother and the other with her responsible morning gatherings. She's too embarrassed to call the post office to confess and she begins to feel more and more guilty and scared as she notices some intense local police activity in the vicinity of the mailbox. What will Anastasia do?

9. Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 51: Mystery of the Glowing Eye, Book 51, (Hardcover)

When Nancy Drew eagerly agrees to help her lawyer father solve the mystery of the glowing eye, she has no way of knowing that it will involve the kidnapping of her close friend Ned Nickerson. A puzzling note in Ned's handwriting set Nancy and her friends Bess and George on a hazardous search for a bizarre criminal. From their base of operations, the Emerson College campus, the three girl detectives and Ned's college pals follow a maze of clues to locate the kidnapper's hideout and rescue Ned. Not only is Nancy greatly worried about Ned, but also she is alarmed by the high-handed methods of a woman lawyer who tries to take the case away from her. Readers will follow Nancy's exciting adventures as she unravels this dangerous web of mystery.

Nancy Drew Nancy Drew 51: Mystery of the Glowing Eye, Book 51, (Hardcover) Author: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: 9780448095516 Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 1974-01-01 Page Count: 192

10. Little Red Riding Hood (Paperback)

A feisty, bike-riding heroine, her tractor-driving grandmother, and a wolf with a hankering for Grandma's award-winning wheat berry muffins -- this is not your grandmother's Little Red Riding Hood!

A feisty, bike-riding heroine, her tractor-driving grandmother, and a wolf with a hankering for Grandma's award-winning wheat berry muffins -- this is not your grandmother's Little Red Riding Hood!