| 100% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in children's books) |
| 88% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 71% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great, detective of children's stories |
| 70% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (young detective in kids' books) |
| 66% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great of children's books |
| 65% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's book about a girl in the Swiss Alps |
| 62% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Monkey in children's books who lives with The Man in the Yellow Hat (2 wds.) |
| 61% | HEIDI | 5 | Girl of children's books who lives in the Swiss Alps |
| 61% | ROO | 3 | Kanga's child, in the "Winnie-the-Pooh" books |
| 61% | NATE | 4 | "___ the Great" (kids' detective book series) |
| 60% | WHERESWALDO | 11 | Popular children's book series ... whose protagonist is "hiding" in the circled letters |
| 60% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of 1957 children's book The Cat in the Hat |
| 60% | NATE | 4 | "___ the Great" (children's book series) |
| 59% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 59% | NATE | 4 | "Great" child detective in books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat |
| 59% | THEBORROWERS | 12 | & 15A 1959 children’s book by Mary Norton; third in a series featuring the Clock family |
| 58% | KWAMEALEXANDER | 14 | Author whose children's book "The Crossover" won the Newbery Medal in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 56% | CLIFFORD | 8 | Big red dog in children's books |
| 56% | MONSTER | 7 | Scary creature common in children's books |
| 56% | BABAR | 5 | Elephant in children's books |
| 56% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DAVEEGGERS | 10 | Author whose children's book "The Eyes and the Impossible" won the Newbery Medal in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer of the children's book, "The Cat in the Hat": 2 wds. |
| 55% | GRAHAME | 7 | Kenneth —, author of 1908 children's book The Wind in the Willows |
| 55% | SNOW | 4 | Jack —, author of 1946 children's book The Magical Mimics in Oz |
| 55% | RATIGAN | 7 | Villain in The Great Mouse Detective |
| 54% | SEUSS | 5 | Big name in children's books |
| 54% | WALDO | 5 | Hidden character in children's books |