| 100% | WALDO | 5 | Character who young readers tried to find in a series of books |
| 41% | RAMONA | 6 | Title character in a series of Beverly Cleary books |
| 40% | ELOISE | 6 | Plaza resident in a series of books |
| 39% | ALICEMCKINLEY | 13 | Character who progresses from childhood to adulthood over a series of 28 novels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ENDER | 5 | Protagonist in a series of books by 11-Down |
| 38% | TESTFOR | 7 | Try to find, in a doctor's office |
| 38% | EGON | 4 | Spengler of the Ghostbusters series who once tried to drill a hole in his own head |
| 38% | KOOLAIDMAN | 10 | Character who bursts through a window to join a stampede of wiener dogs in a 2025 Super Bowl ad |
| 38% | BABAR | 5 | Elephant in a series of over 40 books |
| 38% | CHASE | 5 | Try to catch in a game of tag |
| 37% | OLIVIA | 6 | Pig featured in a series of children's books |
| 37% | ELMER | 5 | Patchwork elephant in a series of children's books |
| 37% | WALUIGI | 7 | Purple-clad character who serves as a foil to Mario's brother in the "Super Mario Bros." series |
| 37% | NATE | 4 | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| 37% | LYLE | 4 | Crocodile in a series of Bernard Waber children's books |
| 36% | RAMONATHEPEST | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a girl starting kindergarten: 3 wds. |
| 36% | HENRYANDRIBSY | 13 | One in a series of books by 46-Across about a boy and his dog: 3 wds. |
| 35% | KEN | 3 | Character in a hit 2023 film who sings "Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blonde fragility?" |
| 35% | TOPSY | 5 | Title twin sister in a series of children's books by Jean and Gareth Adamson |
| 35% | PIGLET | 6 | Character who tries to help Pooh trap a Heffalump |
| 35% | HEADSTONE | 9 | Where to find characters in a plot? |
| 34% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 34% | ALEXRODRIGUEZ | 13 | Former Yankees slugger who, in his 2012 children's book, is a young baseballer learning the value of practice: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SHREK | 5 | Title character in a series of four DreamWorks animated films |
| 34% | PASSWORD | 8 | Enter this series of characters to log in |
| 34% | {FIN}IAN | 8 | Character who goes to Rainbow Valley in a 1968 film musical |
| 34% | TWILIGHT | 8 | First book in a series of vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer |
| 34% | SLAP | 4 | Try to win a pile of cards, in Egyptian Rat Screw |
| 33% | WALDO | 5 | Picture-book character who kids try to find |
| 33% | BABAR | 5 | "Histoire de ___," first in a popular series of children's books |