Children's Books from 2018
Last updated: July 17, 2025
Kids and tweens age 2 to 12 will find hidden gems and popular favorites on this list of all the awesome kids' books we reviewed in 2018. There were silly storybooks like Baby Monkey, Private Eye and picture books full of diverse characters, like Islandborn and Dreamers. We were introduced to exciting new middle-grade heroes, like Max Einstein and Aru Shah, and continued with old favorites, like Nate the Great and Rick Riordan's Trials of Apollo. So check out some of these older faves, and for the latest and greatest, try our list of New Children's Books 2019.
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