Publishers Weekly's "All-Time Bestselling Children's Books"

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A listing of hardcovers that have sold 750,000 copies and paperbacks that have topped the one million copy mark over the years. Edited by Diane Roback and Jason Britton Compiled by Debbie Hochman Turvey (Publishers Weekly, 12/17/2001).

Note: These figures are based on sales in the US only, and the list only includes books published before the end 2000, when the list was compiled.

Goodnight Moon , Guess How Much I Love You, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, and Dr. Seuss’s ABC are on the list twice, one entry for the board book and one for the regular book.

1-189 are the bestselling hardcovers, 190- are bestselling paperbacks.

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  1. 1.
    The Poky Little Puppy (Big Little Golden Book)
    by Janette Sebring Lowrey

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  2. 3.
    Tootle
    by Gertrude Crampton

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  3. 4.
    Green Eggs and Ham
    by Dr. Seuss

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  4. 5.
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
    by J. K. Rowling

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  5. 6.
    Pat the Bunny
    by Golden Books

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  6. 7.
    The Saggy Baggy Elephant (Big Little Golden Book)
    by Kathryn Jackson

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  7. 8.
    Scuffy the Tugboat (Little Golden Storybook)
    by Gertrude Crampton

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  8. 9.
    The Cat In The Hat
    by Dr. Seuss

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  9. 10.
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
    by J. K. Rowling

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  10. 11.
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
    by J.K. Rowling

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  11. 12.
    Where the Sidewalk Ends
    by Shel Silverstein

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  12. 13.
    One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
    by Dr. Seuss

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  13. 14.
    The Giving Tree

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  14. 15.
    The Littlest Angel
    by Charles Tazewell

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  15. 16.
    Hop on Pop

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  16. 17.
    Oh, the Places You'll Go!
    by Dr Seuss

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  17. 19.
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
    by J.K. Rowling

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  18. 20.
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    by Eric Carle

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  19. 21.
    The Golden Children's Bible
    by Golden Books

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  20. 22.
    A Light in the Attic
    by Shel Silverstein

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  21. 24.
    Are You My Mother?
    by P.D. Eastman

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  22. 25.
    The Rainbow Fish
    by Marcus Pfister

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  23. 26.
    The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
    by Dr. Seuss

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  24. 27.
    Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever
    by Richard Scarry

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  25. 28.
    Disney's the Lion King (Little Golden Book)
    by Justine Korman

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  26. 30.
    The Little Engine That Could
    by Watty Piper

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  27. 31.
    Fox in Socks

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  28. 32.
    Goodnight Moon (Board Book)
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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  29. 33.
    The Real Mother Goose

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  30. 34.
    Go, Dog, Go (Beginner Books)

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  31. 35.
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
    by Dr. Seuss

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  33. 38.
    Macmillan Dictionary for Children

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  34. 39.
    Winnie-the-Pooh
    by A. A. Milne

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  35. 40.
    My Book About Me
    by Dr. Seuss & Roy McKie

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  36. 41.
    Where's Waldo?
    by Martin Hanford

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  37. 42.
    Just Imagine with Barney
    by Mary Shrode

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  38. 43.
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    The Great Waldo Search
    by Martin Handford

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  39. 44.
    The Polar Express
    by Chris Van Allsburg

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  40. 45.
    Find Waldo Now
    by Martin Handford

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  41. 46.
    Cat' Cradle
    by Anne Akers Johnson

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  42. 47.
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    The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary
    by P. D. Eastman

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  43. 48.
    Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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  44. 49.
    Walt Disney's Storyland 55 Favorite Stories
    by Walt Disney

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  45. 50.
    The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 5)
    by Carolyn G. Keene

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Comments

Untitled — 51 weeks ago

Is anyone planning to finish this list? I see the source list has hundreds of books!

ETA: Ok, I’m going to finish it if no one objects. —fair warning—

E(again)TA: If anyone wants to help, feel free!


hydra
London

why all the versions of the same book??? — 51 weeks ago

Wouldn’t one version of the same book suffice? Maybe the list has all the versions, but for checking off what ones you’ve read, one version is more than adequate, no?