The invention discloses a children book-reading detection method. The method comprises following steps: receiving identification information of books in a set reading area by a book recognizer, retrieving corresponding retrieval information obtained by a database according to the identification information, receiving first scanning information of a first image acquisition device when it is detected that there are children in the reading area, and determining book information corresponding to the books read by the children according to the first scanning information and the retrieval information. By employing the technical scheme provided by the method, a server obtains the retrieval information according to the identification information and determines the book information corresponding to the books read by the children through the first scanning information of the first image acquisition device so that the book-reading information of the children can be accurately detected. The invention also discloses a children book-reading detection apparatus with the corresponding technical effect.