Book Genres Age Groups

Young adult books are for teenagers but within that category there are fantasy books contemporary books sci fi books etc.

Book genres age groups. Books for preschool to elementary school age children ages 4 8. Max 500 words for toddlers. Laura backes post understanding children s book genres is a good place to start.

Ages 9 to 12. Young adult ya 40 000 to 60 000 words. Ages 3 8 novelty books.

Less than 300 for babies. Each age range and genre has its own word count range. Kids may be reading older mg and younger yas.

Newborn to age 3 picture books. So how do you select the best recommended age group books for a school when a small percentage of these pupils are so much more mature than the others are at my g daughters school they have an award for excellence in reading through the school library all the books that are read have got a word count etc a small group of children just through the school library some have read in excess. Ages 10 to 14.

Books for babies and infants and toddler age children ages 0 3. Older elementary into middle school grades 4 through 7. Two categories sometimes not included in lists like these are tween between middle grade and ya and new adult which is geared for 18 to 25 year olds.

Books for teens and young adults ages 13 the key to creating lifelong readers is parental involvement. If you re writing a children s book it pays to be familiar with how publishers classify them. Ages 3 8 coloring and activity c a books.