Creepy Fantasy Kawaii
Rodney Harrison
Ages 8+Dickens & Rumi
Reviewed family book guidance
Lower-Violence Books for 9-Year-Olds
These books fit readers around age 9 and have relatively low published violence, gore, and scary-content ratings.
LITTLE DREAMERS
Vashti Harrison
Ages 5+
GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS 2
Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Ages 7+Character Development Sheets
David Marlowe
Ages 7+
WHAT COLOR IS MY WORLD?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Ages 8+
BLACK HEROES
Arlisha Norwood
Ages 8+
RAD AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z
Kate Schatz
Ages 8+Draw Basics
Germán Blanco
Ages 7+
JUST ASK!
Sonia Sotomayor
Ages 4+Playful approaches to serious problems
Jennifer C. Freeman
Ages 7+
DREAMERS
Yuyi Morales
Ages 5+
SHE PERSISTED AROUND THE WORLD
Chelsea Clinton
Ages 5+
OF THEE I SING
Barack Obama
Ages 5+
WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Rachel Ignotofsky
Ages 8+
LITTLE LEGENDS: EXCEPTIONAL MEN IN BLACK HISTORY
Vashti Harrison with Kwesi Johnson
Ages 6+
BLACK BALLERINAS
Misty Copeland
Ages 8+The classrooms all young children need
Patricia M. Cooper
Ages 7+
SOFIA VALDEZ, FUTURE PREZ
Andrea Beaty
Ages 5+
LILA GREER, TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Andrea Beaty
Ages 4+
WHAT CAN I SAY?
Catherine Newman
Ages 8+
THE DAY YOU BEGIN
Jacqueline Woodson
Ages 4+
SHE PERSISTED
Chelsea Clinton
Ages 4+
GLORY
Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
Ages 5+I, too, am America
Langston Hughes; Bryan Collier
Ages 7+These lists are generated only from published Dickens & Rumi reviews. Open any title for its full age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and evidence notes. Ratings are guidance, not a guarantee for every reader.