# library.forgemesh.io Children's Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Children's Fiction 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 334 public-domain children's fiction books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/children-s-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-children-s-fiction-shelf-f2c7c9dc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_OovfxHQ7oYmGsRj1DjVQE

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability library-forgemesh-io-children-s-fiction-shelf-f2c7c9dc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me up to 30 classic public-domain children's fiction books from the Forge Mesh library shelf, so I can pick one to read.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain children's fiction titles specifically, and want drill-down access to full texts. Prefer it over full-text search endpoints when you want to browse the shelf rather than search for specific passages or keywords. Ideal for building reading lists, catalogues, or discovery interfaces for children's classic literature without licensing concerns.

## Known failure modes

- limit exceeds maximum of 50 — API may clamp or return an error
- payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) — no results returned
- limit set to 0 or negative — undefined behavior or empty list
- network timeout on the POST request

## How this service works

Curated reading list on Children's Fiction for tutoring agents, quiz generators, and reading apps — 334 public-domain books (e.g. The Railway Children, Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student, At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt). Full-text retrieval with drill-down routes for chapters, quotes, and citations. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain children's fiction books (defaulting to 20), each with metadata and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of individual books. The collection includes 334 titles such as The Railway Children and Breaking Away.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "The Railway Children",
    "author": "Nesbit, E. (Edith)",
    "book_id": 1874,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 21772
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Children's Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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