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Come to your nearest Reykjavík City Library and pick up a passport to join Gúndi the Billy Goat on an adventure.
Children's Book Awards
Children aged 6–12 vote for their favorite books.
Favorite Illustrations
Children aged 6–12 vote for their favorite illustrations in children's and young adult books.
Helena Dís, age 8, loves the books about Salka Sól.
Alexandra Cristea, age 7, is the fourth winner of the Summer Reading Challenge.
Aðalbjörg Heiður Guðjónsdóttir is 10 years old and a true bookworm. She has already devoured the books in the LasseMaja Detective Agency series, to name just one example.
Seven year old Þórbjörn Orri Harðarðson was awarded the book Björgum Jörðinni – Jörðin okkar
Seven year old Júlía Rós is the first winner of the summer reading challenge, Gúndi the billy goat.
It's never too early to start reading to your child. Let's nurture good reading habits from an early age. Reading tips and books for children aged 0–2.
Reading for children from an early age enhances vocabulary and language development and it helps their literacy skills later on. The City Library provides free library cards for children and teens to the age 18.
Here you’ll find books that are ideal for young readers. These are shorter books with clear, easy-to-read text, engaging illustrations, and most importantly, stories that children in this age group enjoy.
If you enjoy thrillers, sports books, science fiction, horror or romance? Let us help you!! We have created book lists categorised by topic, to help you discover new books.
These books contain all sorts of different worlds, well suited for readers 13 years and above.
