📚Amazon Black Friday BOOK Deals (2024)

We resist posting much Christmas content before Thanksgiving, but we also know that *many* of you are watching those Black Friday deals.

Side note: since when did “Black FriDAY” become “Black Friday WEEK”?

I digress. A gazillion children’s books are currently on sale on amazon right now. Since we’re reading ahead for you, we’re gonna save you some time and just point you in the right direction. We can heartily recommend each of the below! Any of them would make great Christmas gifts for a young reader you know. We’ve reviewed several of the classics listed, but not all. We’ve reviewed all of the newer titles.

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CLASSICS FOR YOUNGER READERS (including picture books from pre-2000)

• James Herriot’s Treasury for Children (a must for animal lovers)
• Winnie the Pooh, the Classic Edition (yes, this has the original illustrations!)
• Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen Taylor and illustrated by Joe Sutphin (40% off!)
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (pitch perfect for preschoolers)
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
• How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
• Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
• Tuesday by David Wiesner
• Little House on the Prairie books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Betsy-Tacy Treasury by Maud Hart Lovelace
• Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa

ELEPHANT & PIGGIE BOOKS BY MO WILLEMS

We love the Elephant & Piggie series for new readers. Betsy’s family *might* own all of them…. We noticed the following:

• Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Vol 4 (these are collections of 4 volumes at a time)
• Elephant & Piggie Individual Books

NEWER PICTURE BOOK FAVORITES

(all have been reviewed)

• Knight Owl by Christopher Denise (not yet reviewed, but we love the second one, too: Knight Owl and Early Bird)
• Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
• Home Is in Between by Mitali Perkins
• The Story of Us by Mitali Perkins
• Drawn Onward by Daniel Nayeri (hot off the press and just reviewed!)

NEWER CHAPTER BOOK FAVORITES

(all have been reviewed)

• Mercy Watson: the Boxed Set by Kate DiCamillo (more than 50% off!! We’re big Mercy Watson fans around here)
• Tales from Deckawoo Drive Boxed Set by Kate DiCamillo (another favorite chapter book series on big-time sale; one of these made our Readers’ Choice Final Ballot List this year, but you’ll have to wait a few more days to find out more about that)

MIDDLE GRADE/YA FAVORITES

(all have been reviewed)

• Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
• Betty Before X by Ilyashah Shabazz
• Big Questions Series by Chris Morphew (we’ve reviewed a couple of these!)
• Treasure Tracks by S. A. Rodriguez
• Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
• The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri
• Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins

CLASSICS FOR OLDER READERS

• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham
• Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Puffin in Bloom version!)
• Emma by Jane Austen (Puffin in Bloom version!
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Puffin in Bloom version!)
• Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
• C. S. Lewis Signature Classics Boxed Set
• Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi

OTHER GREAT RESOURCES

• Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
• Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace (we referenced this in a recent Quarterly)

Want more ideas? You got it! Find allllllll of our gift ideas here.