Children’s Book Characters Named Ethan
Here are just a few children’s books with characters named Ethan. Please comment below if you know of one I missed. I hope this encourages your kiddo to read!
Alex’s Good Fortune by Benson Shum
Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for Alex and her family, so it’s even more special when she gets to share her favorite traditions with her best friend, Ethan. Together, they join the Chinese New Year parade and get to help make the dragon dance. Then they prepare for the festivities by tidying up, decorating, and making dumplings. After that, it’s time to open red envelopes, eat a great big feast, and enjoy the lantern festival! Complete with fun facts about the holiday in the back of the book, young readers will want to revisit this story again and again.
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.8 Goodreads- 4.0
- 4-7 year olds or Kindergarten-2nd grade
- Lexile Measure: AD580L
Almost Time by Gary Schmidt, Illustrator: Brian Karas
Eager for maple syrup, Ethan can’t wait till sugaring time rolls around. And he can’t wait till his loose tooth falls out. But his father keeps telling him it’s not time yet, and no matter how hard he tries, he can’t make time pass more quickly. The closeness of father and son is evident throughout as they wait and then celebrate the end of waiting.
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.7 Goodreads: 3.8
- 4- 7 year olds or Preschool-3rd grade
- Lexile Measure: AD500L
The Mystery of the Gold Coin (Greetings from Somewhere #1) by Harper Paris, Illustrator: Marcos Calo
Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.4 Goodreads-3.9
- 5-9 year olds or Kindergarten-4th grade
- Lexile Measure: 490L
Nothing Interesting Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont (series) by Nick Brooks
Something cool happening in Ferrous City? Not a chance. Until one day . . . when self-proclaimed genius inventor Ethan Fairmont runs into an abandoned car factory to avoid a local bully and accidentally stumbles across his ex–best friend Kareem, new kid Juan Carlos, and an extraterrestrial visitor. Cheese (the alien) is stuck on Earth and in need of some serious repairs, spicy snacks—and absolute, total secrecy. That’s easier said than done when mysterious agents descend on Ferrous City to search for Cheese. With time running out and their family and friends in potential danger, can Ethan, Kareem, and Juan Carlos pull off an intergalactic rescue before they’re all found out?
- Ratings: Amazon- 4.1 Goodreads-3.9
- 8-12 year olds or 3rd-7th grade
The Resisters (series) by Eric S. Nylund
- Ratings: Amazon-4.8 Goodreads-3.9
- 10-12 year olds or 5-7th grade
- Lexile Measure: 720L
The Twelve Days of Christmas in Oklahoma by Tammi Saur, Illustrator: Victoria Hutto
Addison writes a letter home each of the twelve days she spends exploring the state of Oklahoma at Christmastime, as her cousin Ethan shows her everything from the Chickasha Festival of Light to a cow chip throw. Includes facts about Oklahoma.
- Other characters: Aunt Jen Uncle Jack
- Ratings: Amazon-4.6 Goodreads-4.2
- 5 years and up
- Lexile Measure: 660L
The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13 (series) by Honest Lee
When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class-giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS! You might think this was nice, but it was not. It was a nasty idea. With great money comes awful allergies, terrible taxes, violent volcanoes, and other pesky problems. As the students of Classroom 13 are about to learn, winning the lottery is not always lucky.
- Includes characters: Mason, Emma, William, Sophia, Santiago, Ximena, Jayden Jason, Lily, Jacob, Olivia, Ava, Teo, Earl, Mark, Mya, Madison, Dev, Ethan, Chloe, Fatima, Yuna, Benji, Preeya, Liam, Isabella, Hugo, & Zoey
- Ratings: Amazon-4.7 Goodreads-3.5
- 6-10 year olds or 1st-5th grade
- Lexile Measure: 710L
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