| 100% | FLAT | 4 | "___ Stanley" (children's book about a boy who can mail himself in an envelope) |
| 47% | PETERPAN | 8 | Book about a boy who can fly and never grows up |
| 40% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's book about a girl in the Swiss Alps |
| 40% | THELYINGWOODS | 13 | 2018 mystery by 44-Across about a boy who works in an orchard in rural Louisiana (3 wds.) |
| 39% | STUARTLITTLE | 12 | Children's book about a mouse-looking boy born to a human family |
| 36% | GIANT | 5 | "The Iron ___" (animated classic about a boy who befriends an alien robot) |
| 34% | JUSTICE | 7 | Book about an AI in a human body: Ancillary __ |
| 33% | TWITS | 5 | "The ___," Roald Dahl's children's book written in 1979 about a mean couple who play pranks on each other |
| 33% | FREEWILLY | 9 | 1993 film about a boy who tries to rescue a killer whale from an unscrupulous aquarium: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MADELINE | 8 | Children’s-book character who appears in a mural at Manhattan’s Bemelmans Bar |
| 32% | PETERPAN | 8 | Classic children’s-book character who “Goes Wrong” in a Broadway farce |
| 32% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Children's puzzle book series featuring a boy in a red and white hat (2 wds.) |
| 31% | STREGANONA | 10 | Children’s book about a witch and her magical pasta pot |
| 31% | TOOTLE | 6 | Little Golden Book about a young train who likes to go off his tracks to play in a meadow |
| 31% | STANLEY | 7 | Flat __, an adventurous boy in children's books |
| 31% | MARSUPIAL | 9 | "____ Sue" (children's book about a kangaroo) |
| 31% | THESHAGGYDOG | 12 | Disney live-action movie about a boy who transforms into his neighbor's pet: 3 wds. |
| 31% | TED | 3 | 2012 film about a talking bear ... or actor Danson who had an uncredited cameo in it |
| 30% | WALDO | 5 | Children's book character in a red-and-white shirt |
| 30% | RUBBER | 6 | "___ Johnny," experimental music video about a wheel-chair bound boy who moves to an Aphex Twin song |
| 30% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | "About a Boy" actor who starred in "Mad Max" as Nux, as a member of Immortan Joe's army: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JOHNNYBGOODE | 12 | Song by 17-Across about a boy who "could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell": 3 wds. |
| 30% | SHAFFER | 7 | Writer of Equus about a boy who harms horses |
| 30% | WALDO | 5 | Children's book character who wears a red and white striped shirt |
| 30% | IVAN | 4 | The One and Only ___ (children's book about a gorilla) |
| 30% | DORA | 4 | "___ Saves Mermaid Kingdom!" (children's book about a young explorer) |
| 30% | ASTAIRE | 7 | About whom an early critic said "Can't act, can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little" |
| 30% | WOMBLE | 6 | A children's character who lives in Wimbledon |
| 29% | MENATALIE | 9 | 1969 movie about a woman who falls in love with an aspiring painter in Greenwich Village that marked Al Pacino's debut: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WINNIETHEPOOH | 13 | Children's book named #1 in a 2014 poll of English adults: Hyph. |