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ForgeMesh Library – Children's Literature Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – Children's Literature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain children's books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Children's Literature — 304 public-domain books including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain children's books (default 20), each entry including the book title, author, and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of each book.
Example use cases
Children's reading list generator
“Can you pull the top 25 classic public-domain children's books from the library shelf and put together a reading list for me? I'd love titles like Alice in Wonderland and Little Women included.”
Homeschool curriculum book discovery
“I'm building a homeschool curriculum and need a full list of available public-domain children's literature — up to 50 titles — with links so I can access the full text for each one.”
Children's book trivia app seeding
“Give me up to 50 public-domain children's book titles from the curated shelf so I can use them as source material for a literature trivia game for kids.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/children-s-literatureWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain children's literature titles with full-text access routes, without needing an API key or negotiating licensing. Prefer it over a generic web search when you want structured, reliable bibliographic data for classic children's books including titles like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, and A Christmas Carol.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds 50 — may be capped or return an error
- limit set to 0 or negative — may return empty list or validation error
- payment not processed correctly via x402 — returns 402 Payment Required
- service temporarily unavailable — returns 5xx error
- corpus may not reflect the very latest Project Gutenberg additions
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland",
"author": "Carroll, Lewis",
"book_id": 11,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 82955
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Children's Literature",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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