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ForgemeshIO Children's Classics Shelf
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ForgemeshIO Children's Classics Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns a ranked, curated list of public-domain children's and young-adult classic books with title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf of public-domain children's and young-adult classics, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and 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 and young-adult classic books. Each entry includes the book's title, author name, publication year, a unique book_id, and drill-down route URLs for fetching full text via subsequent API calls. Results are ordered by historical popularity.
Example use cases
Reading list for a school curriculum
“I'm building a free reading curriculum for middle schoolers — can you get me the top 25 historically popular public-domain children's and YA classics, with authors and publication years, so I can pick from them?”
Kids book recommendation chatbot
“My chatbot needs a catalog of classic children's books to recommend. Pull the top 20 public-domain children's classics with their titles, authors, and book IDs so I can look up full text later.”
Vintage children's literature research
“I'm researching how children's literature evolved over time — can you list up to 50 public-domain children's and young-adult classics ranked by historical popularity, including the year each was published?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/childrens-classicsWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-curated, popularity-ranked catalog of public-domain children's or young-adult classics without needing to supply search terms. It is ideal for seeding reading lists, recommendation engines, or curricula where editorial curation and historical ranking matter. Use the full-text search sibling endpoint instead when you need keyword or author-specific lookup across the entire corpus.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return an error or be capped at 50
- No books returned if the corpus index is temporarily unavailable
- Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient or payment header is missing
- Malformed request body returns a 400-level error
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": "2008",
"title": "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland",
"author": "Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898",
"book_id": 11,
"subjects": [
"Fantasy fiction"
],
"download_count": 28040
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Children's Classics",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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