Science fiction books for children
Children's science fiction: time travel, robot companions, space colonies, futures both worrying and hopeful. The genre offers the same scale of stakes as fantasy with a different texture — curiosity-driven rather than mythic, and often more interested in how things work.
Chapter book
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
by Roald Dahl · age 7–11
Chapter book
Picture book
The Smeds and the Smoos
by Julia Donaldson · age 3–7
Picture book
Graphic novel
5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior
by Mark Siegel · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: All the Pieces Fit
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Gina and the Big Secret
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Gina and the Last City on Earth
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Gina--The Girl Who Broke the World
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Saving the Whole Wide World
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: The Great Big Boom
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: The Great Space Iguana
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Then Everything Went Wrong
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Hilo: Waking the Monsters
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Chapter book
I Am Raven
by Alastair Chisholm · age 9–12
Chapter book
Chapter book
I Am Wolf
by Alastair Chisholm · age 9–12
Chapter book
Graphic novel
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl
by Ben Hatke · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Picture book
Life on Mars
by Jon Agee · age 3–7
Picture book
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 1: Power Up
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 2: Double Threat
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 3: Robot Revenge
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 4: Meltdown
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl
by Ben Hatke · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
by Mac Barnett · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge
by Mac Barnett · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom
by Mac Barnett · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip
by Mac Barnett · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
by Ben Hatke · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Picture book
The Way Back Home
by Oliver Jeffers · age 3–7
Picture book
Picture book
We Are Definitely Human
by X. Fang · age 4–8
Picture book
Graphic novel
Zita the Spacegirl
by Ben Hatke · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
5 Worlds: The Amber Anthem
by Mark Siegel · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
5 Worlds: The Cobalt Prince
by Mark Siegel · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
5 Worlds: The Emerald Gate
by Mark Siegel · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
5 Worlds: The Red Maze
by Mark Siegel · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Chapter book
Escape Room
by Christopher Edge · age 9–12
Chapter book
Graphic novel
Hilo Presents: The Mighty
by Judd Winick · age 7–11
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Lunar Boy
by Jes Wibowo · age 9–13
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 5: Next Level
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 6: Carnival Crisis
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 7: Nemesis
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Mega Robo Bros 8: Final Form
by Neill Cameron · age 8–12
Graphic novel
Chapter book
SCRAP
by Guy Bass · age 8–12
Chapter book
Chapter book
SCRAP: The Good, the Bad and the Rusty
by Guy Bass · age 8–12
Chapter book
Graphic novel
Star Cat
by James Turner · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Chapter book
We Are Dragon
by Alastair Chisholm · age 9–12
Chapter book
Chapter book
Escape Room: Game Zero
by Christopher Edge · age 9–12
Chapter book
Graphic novel
Juniper Mae: Journey to the Levels Below
by Sarah Soh · age 6–9
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Juniper Mae: Knight of Tykotech City
by Sarah Soh · age 6–9
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Juniper Mae: Secrets of the Guardian Knights
by Sarah Soh · age 6–9
Graphic novel
Picture book
Lights on Cotton Rock
by David Litchfield · age 4–8
Picture book
Graphic novel
Star Cat: A Turnip in Time!
by James Turner · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Graphic novel
Star Cat: Unicorns in Space!
by James Turner · age 7–10
Graphic novel
Picture book
The Last Zookeeper
by Aaron Becker · age 5–9
Picture book
Picture book
The Lost Robot
by Joe Todd-Stanton · age 3–7
Picture book