Children's Book List: And the Winner Is: Children’s Books About Contests and Competitions

During these Interesting Times, the Children's Department has been hard at work updating our book lists. Whether you're looking for a book on a particular topic (like feeling different) or want to read something similar to that series that you just finished up (and now have that empty, lost feeling), we've probably got a book list for that. You can find the full list of our children's book lists on our website. We've also put all of these awesome lists on Beanstack. If you haven't had a chance to check out Beanstack, you really should. It makes signing up for and monitoring summer reading a breeze! We'll be highlighting some of our book lists in these blog posts throughout the summer. Happy reading!

It's not a competition, but you're winning! From dog shows to talent shows to spelling bees, we've got books that tell stories of contests and competitions.

Clifford the Champion
by Norman Bridwell
New York: Cartwheel Books, 2009

 Clifford the Big Red Dog is back! He's trying to become America's Super Dog! But there's a tough competitor named Champ who does everything perfectly. Can Clifford show that he's a good sport?












The Talent Show: A Mr. and Mrs. Green Adventure
by Keith Baker
San Diego: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2012 

Everyone's favorite alligator couple are back in another adventure! This time they're entering the town's talent show. As alligators do.










The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee
by Deborah Abela
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Young Readers, 2018


India Wimple is a spectacular speller. A stupendous speller. But when her family convinces her to audition for her favorite televised spelling bee, she's simply scared. Can she overcome her nerves and the competition to become the champion?