A treasure trove of wonderful books awaits our younger readers from tots to teens

There’s a whole world of wonderful books out there for younger readers

Juliette Saumande

The world is a seashell,” writes Guatemalan poet Julio Serrano Echeverría. “A labyrinth that can fit the ocean/inside.” Finding one’s way through the labyrinth of the world, and through our own personal mazes, is very much the business of childhood.

What a challenge. What an adventure. The wonder, mystery and excitement of growing up on this earth is what fuels the titles in this round up. These bookish Ariadne’s threads will guide you and your young readers across many labyrinths, taking you around the globe and beyond it, through multiverses and in and out of underworlds.