12 Best Books for 6-Year-Olds on Epic

In this charming modern fairy tale, 10-year old Cici has a lot going on. Her parents are separating, her wacky abuela is moving in, and on her birthday she wakes up with fairy wings! Cici’s new magical powers allow her to see friends and family as they really are, and isn’t always easy to accept.

She has only one day to decide whether to keep her wings. What will she decide?

When Larry the elephant decides he wants to live in a tree, it makes its residents, Bird, Squirrel and Monkey uncomfortable. They throw nuts at him, and even peck at his head. Rude! But when his new home is threatened by something bigger than all of them combined, Larry shows them just how much he cares about the tree they share.

This sweet, adorable picture book shows young readers how it feels to be the “new kid” and what it’s like to be a little (or a lot) different. 

This one is among our favorite books for 6-year-olds who resist sleepy time! In a fun twist on the typical parent-child bedtime dilemma, Little Owl wants to go to bed early. But Mama and Papa say little owls have to stay up late and play, because they’re well, owls. So Little Owl stays up all night jumping on his bed, playing on the jungle gym and doing skateboard tricks. Little ones who don’t love going to bed will love this hoot of a picture book.

One day, 10-year-old Henry discovers a wounded, prehistoric-like creature in the snow tunnels of his ski resort town. So he takes him back to his house on a makeshift sled, builds him a secret cave and begins to nurse him back to health. But soon he discovers there are other unusual creatures wandering through the town, and not all of them are friendly. Where did they come from? And can he keep his new friend safe?

Luke is devastated when he has to move to New York from Florida—and leave his best friend and abuelo behind—because of his Dad’s job as a zoo doctor.

He isn’t too happy when he sees the paint chipping on his new house on Zoo Lane, and making new friends is scary. But when Luke discovers  that a mysterious zebra-printed box left outside his house may belong to one of the neighbor kids, he thinks he might be able to make a friend and solve a mystery at the same time.  

Is it “Sir Francies Bacon” or “Sir, France is bakin?!” 

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of “P IS FOR PTERODACTYL” comes yet another playful picture book reveling in the fun absurdities of the English language! 

From the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen comes a witty tale filled with deadpan humor.

On Monday Sam and Dave dug a hole. But they won’t stop until they find something spectacular. So they keep digging, and digging, and digging some more and find nothing. But if your young reader is attentive, they may just find something extraordinary after all.

Time for a snowy, sandy shore walk with a little girl and her mom, where every single word starts with the letter “s.” From steps to stumbles to seagulls to shells, to snug and sleeping, you and your kid will marvel at this engaging story and celebrate that sweetest of syllables, “s.”

Once upon a time there was a princess in a race car who made a pit stop … and then her Fairy Godmother told her she was in last place! Her Royal Highness has to gear up for a mad dash to the finish line and win the race. Your young reader will delight in familiar characters like the tortoise and the hare, wicked witches and more while celebrating girl power in this thrilling twisted fairy tale.

There’s a big race happening in the forest—but someone’s ruined all the posters! Wolf is on the case, but he soon discovers a wisecracking chickadee who feels left out of the fun. So he hatches a plan to help him win … a plan that involves a little creative thinking and you guessed it, Wolf’s trademark striped undies.

In this third book in the hilarious graphic novel series, you and your kid are in for some serious laugh-out-loud lessons in finding understanding.

Fox and Chick don’t always agree, but they always find a way to work out their differences. A 2019 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award honoree and 2019 ALA Notable Children’s Book, this hilarious early chapter book captures the silly adventures of two sweet, funny characters as they learn about acceptance. It belongs on the shelf right along with other cherished children’s books like “There Is a Bird on Your Head!” by Mo Willems, “Mercy Watson to the Rescue” by Kate DiCamillo and “Where the Wild Things Are,” by Maurice Sendak (although you can also find the audiobook version here on Epic).

Thirteen flies become tasty snacks in this funny STEM picture book. When a swarm of flies buzzes along, one by one they get snatched up by a predator along the way. From getting zapped or wrapped, to liquefied or zombified, the science is real, and offers plenty of gross-factor to tickle young readers as they learn about predators and prey—and subtraction, too. It even includes a bug-eating guide with nutritional info!