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

  2. 2.
    The Tale of Peter Rabbit
    by Beatrix Potter

  3. 3.
    Tootle
    by Gertrude Crampton

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

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

  6. 6.
    Pat the Bunny
    by Golden Books

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

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

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

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

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

  12. 12.
    Where the Sidewalk Ends
    by Shel Silverstein

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

  14. 14.
    The Giving Tree
    by Shel Silverstein

  15. 15.
    The Littlest Angel
    by Charles Tazewell

  16. 16.
    Hop on Pop

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

  18. 18.
    Dr. Seuss's ABC / Beginner Books
    by Dr. Seuss

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

  20. 20.

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

  22. 22.
    Light in the Attic
    by Shel Silverstein

  23. 24.
    Are You My Mother?
    by P.D. Eastman

  24. 25.
    The Rainbow Fish
    by Marcus Pfister

  25. 26.
    The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
    by Dr. Seuss

  26. 27.
    Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever
    by Richard Scarry

  27. 28.
    Disney's the Lion King (Little Golden Book)
    by Justine Korman

  28. 30.
    The Little Engine That Could
    by Watty Piper

  29. 31.
    Fox in Socks (Dr. Seuss: Green Back Books)
    by Dr Seuss

  30. 32.
    Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown

  31. 33.
    The Real Mother Goose

  32. 34.
    Go, Dog. Go! (Beginner Books)
    by P.D. Eastman

  33. 35.
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
    by Dr. Seuss

  34. 37.

  35. 38.
    Macmillan Dictionary for Children

  36. 39.
    Winnie-the-Pooh
    by A. A. Milne

  37. 40.
    My Book About Me
    by Dr. Seuss

  38. 41.
    Where's Waldo?
    by Martin Hanford

  39. 42.
    Just Imagine with Barney
    by Mary Shrode

  40. 43.
    The Great Waldo Search
    by Martin Handford

  41. 44.
    The Polar Express
    by Chris Van Allsburg

  42. 45.
    Find Waldo Now
    by Martin Handford

  43. 46.
    Cat' Cradle
    by Anne Akers Johnson

  44. 47.
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    The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary
    by P. D. Eastman

  45. 48.
    Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown

  46. 49.
    Walt Disney's Storyland 55 Favorite Stories
    by Walt Disney

  47. 50.
    The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew, No. 5)
    by Carolyn Keene

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Comments

bah

Untitled — 4 years 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!


why all the versions of the same book??? — 4 years 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?




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