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Seattle Picks: Seattle Fiction for Children

Children's books for all ages set in Seattle or Washington State. (Updated 2023)

The Seattle Public Library

42 items

  • Book, 2009Seattle, Wash. : Sara Anderson Books, 2009. — E ANDERSO
  • Ivan

    the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla

    Applegate, Katherine
    The factual story of Ivan, a gorilla kidnapped and then held at Tacoma's B&I mall for 27 years before being moved to Woodland Park Zoo and then Zoo Atlanta.
    Book, 2014Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] — J599.884 Ap528i 2014
  • This novel in verse tells the story of Ivan the gorilla's life in captivity at an unnamed mall (Tacoma's B&I) for 27 years.
    Book, 2012New York : Harper, [2012] — J APPLEGA
  • Book, 2020New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2020] — J BAKER
  • Book, 2010New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2010. — J BANERJE
  • Cinderella Smith doesn't have a mean stepmother, but she does lose her shoes an awful lot. When a new girl comes to her school, Cinderella must help her new friend figure out how to deal with the mean girls.
    eBook, 2011New York : Harper, [2011] — EBOOK J BARDEN
  • Book, 2019Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Young Readers, [2019] — J BEHRENS
  • Why Do I Sing?

    Animal Songs of the Pacific Northwest

    Blomgren, Jennifer
    Book, 2013Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2013]. — E BLOMGRE
  • Where Do I Sleep?

    a Pacific Northwest Lullaby

    Blomgren, Jennifer
    Book, 2001Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, 2001. — E BLOMGRE
  • Book, 2010New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2010] — J BUCKING
  • Book, 2017New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2017] — J/E BUTLER
  • Book, 2012New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012. — J CALHOUN
  • In Seattle's Madrona neighborhood, Binnie's little sister has a superpower. But Binnie and Cassie aren't the only ones who know, as a strange man begins to pursue them.
    Book, 2013[United States] : [publisher not identified], [2013] — J COOPERM
  • Book, 2011Seattle : Sasquatch Books : Distributed by PGW/Perseus, 2011. — E COSGROV
  • The classic story of a very grumpy Wheedle, and how the light on top of the Space Needle came to be.
    Book, 2009Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2009] — E COSGROV
  • Book, 2021New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J DAY