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. 51.
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    Barney's Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes Vol 1
    by Stephen White

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  2. 52.
    Falling Up
    by Shel Silverstein

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  3. 53.
    The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 1)
    by Carolyn G. Keene

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  4. 55.
    Hardy Boys 01: The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys)
    by Franklin W. Dixon

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  5. 56.
    Guess How Much I Love You
    by SAM MCBRATNEY

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  6. 57.
    Barney's Farm Animals
    by Kimberly Kearns

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  7. 58.
    I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
    by Dr. Seuss

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  8. 59.
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    Baby Bop's Toys
    by Kimberly Kearns

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  9. 60.
    Put Me in the Zoo
    by Robert Lopshire

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  10. 61.
    The Touch Me Book (Touch-and-Feel)
    by Pat Witte

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  11. 62.
    I Am a Bunny (A Golden Sturdy Book)
    by Ole Risom

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  12. 63.
    Where the Wild Things Are
    by Maurice Sendak

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  13. 64.
    Never Talk to Strangers (Family Storytime)
    by Irma Joyce

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  14. 65.
    Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
    by Dr. Seuss

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  15. 67.
    When We Were Very Young (Pooh Original Edition)
    by A. A. Milne

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  16. 68.
    The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 2)
    by Carolyn G. Keene

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  17. 69.
    If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
    by Laura Joffe Numeroff

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  18. 70.
    The Little Prince
    by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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  19. 71.
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    Barney's Magical Picnic
    by Stephen White

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  20. 72.
    The House on the Cliff (The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories 2)
    by Franklin W. Dixon

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  21. 73.
    Cars, Trucks and Things That Go
    by Richard Scarry

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  22. 74.
    Guess How Much I Love You
    by Sam McBratney

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  23. 75.
    Animalia
    by Graeme Base

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  24. 76.
    The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 3)
    by Carolyn G. Keene

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  25. 77.
    Eloise
    by Kay Thompson

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  26. 78.
    Charlotte's Web
    by E. B. White

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  27. 79.
    Moo Baa La La La
    by Sandra Boynton

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  28. 80.
    101 Dalmatians (Sight & Sound)
    by Ronald Kidd

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  29. 81.
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    Barney's Color Surprise (1993)
    by Mary Ann Dudko

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  30. 83.
    Scholastic Children's Dictionary
    by Scholastic

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  31. 84.
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    Eloise Wilkin's Mother Goose

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  32. 85.
    Oh Say Can You Say?
    by Dr. Seuss

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  33. 86.

  34. 87.
    The Little Mermaid (A Golden Sight 'n' Sound Book)
    by Francese Mateu

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  35. 88.
    Love Is a Special Way of Feeling
    by Joan Walsh Anglund

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  36. 89.
    The Very Quiet Cricket
    by Eric Carle

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  37. 90.
    The Magic Locket (Magic Charm Books)
    by Elizabeth Koda-Callan

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  38. 91.
    A Fly Went By
    by Fritz Siebel

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  39. 92.
    The Going to Bed Book (Boynton)
    by Sandra Boynton

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  40. 93.
    There's a Wocket in My Pocket

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  41. 94.
    Big Bird's Color Game (Sesame Street)
    by Random House

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  42. 95.
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  43. 96.
    Make Way for Ducklings (Picture Puffins)
    by Robert McCloskey

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  44. 97.
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    ET: The Extra-Terrestrial Storybook
    by William Kotzwinkle

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  45. 99.
    Dr.Seuss ABC

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  46. 100.
    The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 4)
    by Carolyn G. Keene

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