Book Genres Age Groups

Each age category can have many genres.

Book genres age groups. Newborn to age 3 picture books. Young adult ya 40 000 to 60 000 words. Picture books pbs age.

Two categories sometimes not included in lists like these are tween between middle grade and ya and new adult which is geared for 18 to 25 year olds. Middle school into early high school grades 5 through 9. Each age range and genre has its own word count range.

Books for teens and young adults ages 13 the key to creating lifelong readers is parental involvement. Older elementary into middle school grades 4 through 7. Ages 3 8 coloring and activity c a books.

In general picture books should appeal to ages 3 8 but the age of your target audience is really determined by how complex the story is and how much text is involved. If you re writing a children s book it pays to be familiar with how publishers classify them. For example the indie published counting book 5 polar bears by wes nehring is perfect for pre school aged readers while the emotional complexity of neil waldman s al and teddy appeals to early grade schoolers.

Less than 300 for babies. Books for preschool to elementary school age children ages 4 8. Ages 3 and.

These questions haunt anyone writing for kids. Middle grade mg 25 000 to 45 000 words. Ages 10 to 14.