10 Carnival-Themed Books for Kids Ages 8+
10+ Carnival-Themed Books for Roller Coaster Day
It’s Roller Coaster Day! If you can’t make it to a carnival or theme park to hop on board a high-speed ride, pick up one of these books for some thrills and laughs!
Professor Renoir’s Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights
Two girls, one a giant and the other a dwarf, start out as enemies but soon come to depend on one another as they team up to escape the traveling circus they’re both a part of and search for a place to call home.
Problim Children 2: Carnival Catastrophe
The Problim siblings face problim after problim! And in the second book in the Problim Children series, the siblings try to win the Corn Dog Carnival and rescue their missing mama.
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting 3: Mission to Monster Island
Thirteen-year-old Kelly Ferguson secretly works as a monster-hunting babysitter, and things are taking a beastly turn. Now she has to go on a rescue mission to Monster Island — where monster royalty is turning kids into hairy mutant monsters!
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
Monsterstreet 3: Carnevil
A strange autumn carnival rolls into town and provides spooky thrills and monstrous delights for Ren and his younger brother, Kip. But when Kip is lured by the magic of the carnival and makes a bargain with a mysterious man for unlimited rides, Ren has until the end of Halloween night to save his brother or Kip will be trapped in the carnival — forever!
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
PopularMMOs 2
Pat and Jen from the mega-popular, Minecraft-inspired PopularMMOs YouTube channel are back with their second graphic novel, in which they get trapped in a thrilling new location.
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
A Series of Unfortunate Events 9: A Carnivorous Carnival
A carnival is a place for good family fun — as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans, their time at the carnival turns out to be yet another episode in a now unbearable series of unfortunate events.
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
And if flips and corkscrews make you queasy, try these five books that take you on a metaphorical ride instead:
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Looking for a scary ride? Dive into Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, an iconic anthology series of horror tales! Stephen Gammell’s artwork from the original series appears in all its spooky glory in the book’s interior. Read if you dare!
Don’t forget the rest of the series!
Bernard Pepperlin
In this wild adventure, the drowsy Dormouse from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is transported to modern-day New York City for the experience of a lifetime! A surprising teacup-whirl of fate sends the Dormouse on a journey where he must not — cannot — fall asleep. For he is destined to save a magical world outside Wonderland, and it will take all his courage (and a few new friends) to do it.
Wild Rescuers 1 and 2
Travel across forests, rivers, and deserts in Wild Rescuers, a New York Times bestselling adventure series about a girl raised by wolves, from YouTube gamer StacyPlays!
Stanley Will Probably Be Fine
A comics convention isn’t quite a theme park, but it’s awfully close! Stanley is a comics trivia wiz, and he enters Trivia Quest — a giant comics-trivia treasure hunt — to prove he can tackle his worries, score VIP passes to Comic Fest, and win back his ex-best friend.
