Children are known to be great learners. These kids in their tender age have an abundance of curiosity. Their quest for answers helps them be more creative and imaginative. Books are a great source for kids’ answers, reading children’s books helps enhance their imaginative cognition, entertaining them wholesomely. Books should be from various genres like science fiction, innovation, history, novels, comics, and more.

Best Science Fiction Books for Kids

Science Fiction, also known as Sci-Fi, is an imaginative and futuristic concept. A lot of movies, cartoons, arts, tv shows, and books are produced in the science fiction genre. Kids are curious about the futuristic world they might live in. The children’s science books are perfect reading material to capture these curiosities. We will be discussing some of the best science fiction books for kids.

1. What Should Danny Do

‘What Should Danny Do’ is the number one best science fiction book for kids on our list. This book is about the choices kids make. It is the choices of Danny that lead to what will happen in the future. The children learn about wrong and right choices that lead to different consequences.  

What Should Danny DoThis novel was published in 2017 by Elon Books. The length of this book is 68 Pages. It is available in one format.

Length: 68 Pages

Available Formats: Hardcover 

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


2. Trapped in a Video Game

Trapped in a Video Game is a series of five books written by Dustin Brady. It is a story of two friends Jesse and Eric. Eric is a game lover whereas Jesse has disdain for video games. Both the friends get trapped in Eric’s video game. They must work as a team to get out of the game.  Jesse is the main protagonist in the whole series that will witness the dangers of being in a video game, he will have to find ways to survive this. 

This novel was published in 2017 by Elon Books. It is available in hardcover format. 

Length: 144 Pages(Volume 1) , 160 Pages(Volume 2), 176 Pages(Volume 3),  168 Pages(Volume 4), 208 Pages(Volume 5) 

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


3. The Secret Lake

The Secret Lake: A Children’s Mystery Adventure is written by Karen Inglis. The book is a mysterious time travel book. It’s a story about an adventure to a  secret tunnel while Stella and Tom are trying to find their neighbor dog.  The tunnels lead to a secret lake that has a boy in a boat that is rowing towards these two. They find children in the same area, soon they will have traveled 100 years in the past to the same house they live in, these children they meet are living in the same place.  They make friends and enemies and plan a rescue mission while doing all this they discover the relation between past and present. 

The Secret Lake: A Children’s Mystery Adventure has 18 Chapters. This novel was published in 2011 by Well Said Press. The length of this book is 124 Pages. It is available in many formats.

Length: 124  Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.7 out of 5


4. Pinkalicious

Pinkacious: Pink or treat is written by Victoria Kann. This book is about how the shutdown of the electricity in the town threatens to cancel Halloween. The mayor will not allow any trick and treat due to safety issues.  Pinkalicious has come up with an idea to save Halloween.  

This novel was published in 2013 by HarperCollins. The length of this book is 24 pages. It is available in many formats. 

Length: 24 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback, Hardcover 

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


5. The World Needs More Purple People

The World Needs More Purple people is written by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart. The book is a learning book that is told humorously about children being more accepting of who they are. It is the message of being a purple person that is a combination of red and blue.  It teaches every child to have unique abilities and deserves to be loved and befriended.

This novel was published in 2020 by Random House Books. The length of this book is 40 pages. It is available in many formats. 

Length: 40 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover 

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


6. The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot is written by Peter Brown. The book is about a robot name ROZZUM Unit 7134 also called Roz.  A ship carrying 500 robots sinks during a hurricane in which she survives by landing on a remote island full of animals. She gets to interact with these animals, she cares for them and in return, they love her as well. She is happy till things don’t go as planned. They have to work together to overcome an upcoming war that is supposed to happen on the Island for the search of Roz by other robots.

This novel has 80 chapters and was published in 2016 by Little. The length of this book is 288  pages. It is available in many formats. 

Length: 288 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover, Paperback, and Audio CD

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


7. The Captain Underpants Colossal Color Collection

The Captain Underpants Colossal Color Collection is written by Dav  Pikey. The book is about children writing a comic about a superhero named  Captain underpants.  The character Captain underpants comes to life and they will deal with the situation.  

This whole series was published in 2019 by Scholastic. The length of the book series is 800 pages. It is available in hardcover only. 

Length: 800 Pages

Available Formats: Hardcover

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.9 out of 5


8. A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time is written by Madeleine L’Engle.  It is about a missing father who works for the government as a scientist. Meg, who is her daughter, is greeted by a stranger who tells her about her missing father and they have to go to space to find him. Meg, her brother, and her intelligent friend go out with a stranger, and two other people for the quest to find Meg’s and Wallace’s dad.

This novel has 12 chapters and l was published in 2007 by Square Fish. The length of this book is 288  pages. It is available in many formats. 

Length: 256 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover, Paperback, and Mass Market Paperback 

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.6 out of 5


9. Mighty Pup Power!

Might Pup Power! is written by Hollis James. The book is about pups gaining power after a mysterious meteorite has hit Adventure Bay. All the super pups go on an adventure to prevent Mayor Humdinger from having those powers that can be used for wrong purposes.

This novel was published in 2018 by Golden Books. The length of this book is 24 pages. It is available in many formats.

Length: 24 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, and Hardcover

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.8 out of 5


10. Dragons Love Tacos

The book is written by Adam Rubin. The book is about dragon love for all kinds of tacos, beef taco, chicken tacos, etc. Dragon goes to a party to eat tacos and they accidentally eat Spicy Salsa which they don’t like so how will they react to it.

This novel was published in 2012 by Dial Book. The length of this book is 40 pages. It is available in many formats.

Length: 40 Pages

Available Formats: Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover, Paperback, and Audio CD

Latest Version: 1st Edition

Rating: 4.7 out of 5

So that was our take on what we found to be the best children’s science fiction books. Hope this helped you find what you were looking for. Wish you the best. Cheers, Team Ranking Books.