| 100% | GARDEN | 6 | After 66-Across, classic 1911 children's book, with "The" |
| 50% | THESECRETGARDEN | 15 | Classic 1911 children's novel ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | VERYHUNGRYCATERPILLAR | 21 | Classic children's book character eating its way through this puzzle, with "the" |
| 49% | ITSYOURWORLD | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | SHEPERSISTED | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "13 American Women Who Changed the World" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PATTHEBUNNY | 11 | Classic children’s book with touchable “fur” |
| 47% | KATY | 4 | "What ___ Did" (classic children's book with insects on the cover) |
| 44% | POOH | 4 | Classic children's book character who said, "A hug is always the right size" |
| 43% | WOOWOOWOO | 9 | With 80 Across, what it's like after a meeting of the Curly Fan Club? |
| 42% | SECRETGARDEN | 12 | Classic of English children's literature, with "The" |
| 42% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Monkey in children's books who lives with The Man in the Yellow Hat (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DOG | 3 | Children's book "Clifford the Big Red ___" |
| 40% | ELOISE | 6 | Children's heroine with the dog Weenie |
| 39% | SONGOFSOLOMON | 13 | With "The," book after Ecclesiastes |
| 39% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic 1950 book with the line "It's your fiction that interests me. Your studies of the interplay of human motives and emotion" |
| 39% | TAG | 3 | Children's game with the cry "You're it!" |
| 39% | GIVING | 6 | Children's book by Shel Silverstein: The __ Tree |
| 38% | GROUCHY | 7 | With 51-Across, Eric Carle kid-lit book, after "The" |
| 38% | ISPY | 4 | Children's book series with hidden objects: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MEATBALLS | 9 | Children's book: Cloudy With a Chance of these |
| 38% | 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" |
| 38% | HEIDI | 5 | Children's book about a girl in the Swiss Alps |
| 38% | LOEB | 4 | Singer with the children's album "Camp Lisa" |
| 38% | THESHINING | 10 | Movie with the classic line "Here's Johnny!" |
| 38% | IAN | 3 | Janis with the 1967 song "Society's Child" |
| 37% | KATY | 4 | "What ___ Did" (classic children's book with a punny title) |
| 37% | CAMPTIGER | 9 | Children's book by 52-Across and illustrator John Rocco that features a big cat in the woods (2 wds.) |
| 37% | 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.) |
| 37% | ISPY | 4 | Popular children's book series with hidden objects |
| 37% | LORAX | 5 | The —, 1971 children’s book by Dr Seuss |