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Supportive siblings
Siblings in classic children’s books are more likely to be friends than rivals, but the pacing in those old books doesn’t always grab today’s kids. My tween is an avid reader, but she just can’t find the sisterhood and girl power in the old-fashioned sentences of “Little Women.”
Here are some contemporary kids’ books that normalize healthy, supportive sibling relationships — naturally embedded in entertaining stories. Click to arrow above the image to see them all, or skip to a specific reading level with the links below:
Editor’s note: This article was originally published several years ago and updated most recently on June 3, 2024. Associate editor, Kari Hanson, fact-checked the article and added new books about brothers and sisters to the list.
