Most Popular in 2025: eBooks for kids
Library staff have compiled reports to discover 2025's popular items at Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi. The books are listed in order of how many times they were borrowed from Libby.
Fiction
- Mary Anne Saves the Day Ann M. Martin
- Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations Dav Pilkey
- The Scarlet Shedder: Dog Man series, Book 12 Dav Pilkey
- Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey
- Karen's Haircut: Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel Series, Book 7 Ann M. Martin / Katy Farina
- Jessi's Secret Language: Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel series, Book 12 Ann M. Martin / Chan Chau
- Mary Anne's Bad Luck Mystery: Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel series, Book 13 Ann M. Martin / Cynthia Yuan Cheng
- Kristy's Big Day Ann M. Martin
- Allergic: A Graphic Novel Lloyd, Megan Wagner
- Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin
- Influencers: Cat Kid Comic Club series Dav Pilkey
- Claudia and Mean Janine Ann M. Martin
- Claudia and the Bad Joke: The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel series, Book 15 Ann M. Martin / Arley Nopra
- A Tale of Two Kitties: Dog Man series, Book 3 Dav Pilkey
- I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 Ball, Georgia
- Lord of the Fleas Dav Pilkey
- I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 Ball, Georgia
- Winter Turning: Wings of Fire Graphic Novel series, Book 7 Tui Sutherland / Mike Holmes
- Kristy and the Walking Disaster Martin, Ann M.
- Stacey's Mistake: Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel series, Book 14 Ann M. Martin / Ellen T. Crenshaw
Non-Fiction
- Smile Raina Telgemeier
- Guts Raina Telgemeier
- Sisters Raina Telgemeier
- The Tryout: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat
- The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat
- The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter Jeff Kinney
- Taylor Swift Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Borghild Fallberg
- Disgusting Jobs Joanne Mattern
- Simone Biles Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Nadia Fisher
- I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters Lauren Tarshis
- Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood Nathan Hale
- Cold War Correspondent Nathan Hale
- Swim School Bluey
- Best Friends
- Real Friends
- Above the Trenches
- Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
- Bluey and Bingo's Fancy Restaurant Cookbook: Yummy Recipes, for Real Life
- The Fortnite Guide to Staying Alive: Tips and Tricks for Every Kind of Player
- Minecraft: The Ultimate Reloaded 70 Top Tips & Tricks Your Friends Wish They Know After You Beat Them!
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2025 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga: Kids / YA
School Library Journal (SLJ) is a magazine and website for school librarians and public librarians who work with young people.
2025 National Library of NZ - Best Children's & YA books
The Services to Schools' team shares the books that "spark curiosity, invite conversation and offer new ways of seeing."
Rylee's Best of the Year 2025
Rylee's best reads of the year - a mix of kids and YA fiction and graphic novels.
2025 SLJ Best Books - Picture Books
School Library Journal (SLJ) is a magazine and website for school librarians and public librarians who work with young people.
2025 SLJ Best Books - Graphic Novels and Manga: Kids / YA
School Library Journal (SLJ) is a magazine and website for school librarians and public librarians who work with young people.
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