Amazing Books Under $5 That Are Perfect for Busy Weeknights

Build a budget-friendly library for your family with these fun titles.

Apr 23, 2025

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Amazing Books Under $5 That Are Perfect for Busy Weeknights

Apr 23, 2025

Weeknights can get busy, which means that finding the time to read together as a family can be challenging. Plus, building your child's library can get expensive quickly! But by choosing wallet-friendly reads with themes and characters your child can relate to, discovering new books for read-aloud time doesn’t have to be costly. 

With captivating storylines, illustrations, and characters, these titles under $5 will fit into any amount of time you have to read together on busy nights, providing moments of humor and connection amidst the busyness of everyday life.

Princess Truly #7: I Am Curious is a great way to boost your child's reading confidence, all while fostering their imagination and curiosity. Across three rhyming stories, Princess Truly visits a museum, solves a mystery when her snack goes missing, and takes a trip to outer space in a rocket ship with her pug, Sir Noodles!

Meanwhile, nonfiction fans and animal lovers absolutely adore the titles in the Who Would Win? series. Each book pits different animals against each other in imaginary battles to see which creature would reign supreme in a fight. Full of fun facts, photos, charts, and illustrations, these books are great to read together. 

Shop the best books under $5 for busy weeknights below! You can find all books and activities at The Scholastic Store, where you get free shipping on book-only orders of $25+.

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