| 100% | BABAR | 5 | "Histoire de ___," first in a popular series of children's books |
| 56% | OLIVIA | 6 | Pig featured in a series of children's books |
| 56% | ELMER | 5 | Patchwork elephant in a series of children's books |
| 54% | BABAR | 5 | "King of the elephants" in a series of children's books |
| 53% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 53% | LYLE | 4 | Crocodile in a series of Bernard Waber children's books |
| 52% | TOAD | 4 | Partner of Frog in a children's book series |
| 52% | TOPSY | 5 | Title twin sister in a series of children's books by Jean and Gareth Adamson |
| 52% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 51% | BABAR | 5 | King of the elephants in a children's book series |
| 50% | DRNO | 4 | First in a long series of movies |
| 49% | LLAMA | 5 | Animal that wears red pajamas in a popular children’s book |
| 49% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 48% | ALFA | 4 | First in a series of 26 |
| 48% | OPENER | 6 | First in a series of events |
| 48% | OLAFI | 5 | First in a series of Norwegian kings |
| 47% | DARKOFTHEMOON | 13 | First book in a series of novels by John Sandford featuring 46-Across (4 wds.) |
| 46% | TOAD | 4 | Frog and ___ (friends in a children's book series) |
| 46% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |
| 46% | GOT | 3 | First book in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire," familiarly |
| 46% | MADELINE | 8 | Title girl in a children's book series set in Paris |
| 45% | OSH | 3 | First syllable in a brand of children's clothing |
| 45% | WINNIETHEPOOH | 13 | Children's book named #1 in a 2014 poll of English adults: Hyph. |
| 45% | DOE | 3 | First word in a popular "Sound of Music" song |
| 45% | ELOISE | 6 | Plaza resident in a series of books |
| 44% | STEVE | 5 | With 66-Across, first in a series of five TV personalities (1954-57) |
| 44% | ENDER | 5 | Protagonist in a series of books by 11-Down |
| 43% | MINION | 6 | Yellow creature seen in a series of popular 2010s movies |
| 43% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 43% | THEROGUECREW | 12 | Last book in the "Redwall" series of children's fantasy novels by 50-Across (3 wds.) |