| 100% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (children's book) |
| 100% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and __ Are Friends": classic children's book |
| 99% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic children's book) |
| 83% | ARE | 3 | "Frog and Toad ___ Friends" (children's book) |
| 81% | FROG | 4 | "___ and Toad are Friends," children's book that features a memorable friendship between the titular characters |
| 80% | TOAD | 4 | Frog and ___ (friends in a children's book series) |
| 76% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic kids' book) |
| 73% | ARE | 3 | "Frog and Toad ___ Friends" (classic children's book) |
| 71% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" (classic kids' book by Arnold Lobel) |
| 64% | KAA | 3 | I am the 100-year-old serpent and Mowgli's friend from "The Jungle Book" |
| 61% | TOAD | 4 | "Frog and ___ Are Friends" |
| 61% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic with the line "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" |
| 60% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 59% | PIGLET | 6 | Children's book character whose favorite food is "haycorns" |
| 58% | ALOUD | 5 | How children's books are often read |
| 57% | STREGANONA | 10 | Children’s book about a witch and her magical pasta pot |
| 57% | ALICE | 5 | Children's character who asks herself "And what is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" |
| 57% | MICHAELWOLFF | 12 | Journalist whose new book "Fire and Fury" is based on over 200 interviews with White House officials and Trump's friends: 2 wds. |
| 57% | WALDO | 5 | Children's book character who wears a red and white striped shirt |
| 56% | EVA | 3 | Chen who wrote the children’s book “I Am Golden” |
| 56% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Children's classic by 50-Across with the line, "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ARNOLD | 6 | "Frog and Toad Are Friends" writer/illustrator Lobel |
| 55% | TOAD | 4 | Frog's partner in children's books |
| 55% | MRMEN | 5 | Children's book series with characters that have surnames like Happy, Lazy and Noisy |
| 54% | HERMIONE | 8 | Hogwarts girl who's book-smart and a loyal friend |
| 53% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 53% | ABCS | 4 | Subject of the children's book "The Z Was Zapped" |
| 53% | ROS | 3 | Children’s-book author and illustrator Asquith |
| 53% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |