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. 152.
    The Jolly Christmas Postman
    by Allan Ahlberg

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  2. 154.
    If You Give a Pig a Pancake (If You Give...)
    by Laura Numeroff

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  3. 155.
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    Greetings From The Sewer - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    by Random House

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  4. 156.
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    Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
    by Bill Martin Jr

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  5. 157.
    Soft As a Kitten
    by Audean Johnson

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  6. 158.
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    Story of Babar
    by Jean De Brunhoff

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  7. 161.
    Chicka Chicka ABC
    by Jr, Bill Martin

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  8. 162.
    Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings
    by Matthew Van Fleet

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  9. 163.
    Now We Are Six (Pooh Original Edition)
    by A. A. Milne

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  10. 164.
    Blue and the Color Detectives (Blue's Clues)
    by Angela C. Santomero

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  11. 166.
    Elmo's Big Lift-And-look Book (Great Big Board Book)
    by Illustrator-Joe Mathieu

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  12. 170.
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    Baby Animals

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  13. 171.
    Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles
    by Bennett Cerf

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  14. 172.
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    by Roald Dahl

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  15. 173.

  16. 174.
    The Wheels on the Bus
    by Paul O. Zelinsky

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  17. 175.
    Blue Skidoos To The Farm (Blue's Clues)
    by Angela C. Santomero

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  18. 176.
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    Star Wars Storybook
    by Geraldine Richelson

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  19. 177.
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    Super Songs with Silly Sounds (Golden Book Ser.)
    by Golden Books Staff

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  20. 179.
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    Moo, Moo, Peekaboo!

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  21. 180.
    Blue's #1 Picnic (Blue's Clues)
    by Buster Yablonsky

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  22. 181.
    Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
    by Jamie Lee Curtis

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  23. 182.
    My First Abc Board Book (My First Board Books)
    by DK Publishing

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  24. 183.
    Peek-a-Boo! I See You!
    by Joan Phillips

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  25. 184.
    Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! (Boynton on Board)
    by Sandra Boynton

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  26. 185.
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    Kids Songs with Crazy Sounds
    by Golden Books

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  27. 186.
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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pop-up Storybook
    by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

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  28. 188.
    The Runaway Bunny
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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  29. 189.
    My First Word Book (My First series)
    by DK Publishing

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  30. 190.
    Charlotte's Web
    by E.B. White

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  31. 191.
    The Outsiders
    by S.E. Hinton

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  32. 192.
    Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
    by Judy Blume

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  33. 193.
    Love You Forever
    by Robert Munsch

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  34. 194.
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    by Wilson Rawls

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  35. 195.
    The Island of the Blue Dolphins
    by Scott O'Dell

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  36. 196.
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    by J. K. Rowling

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  37. 197.
    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
    by Judy Blume

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  38. 198.
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    Shane
    by Jack Schaeffer

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  39. 199.
    The Indian in the Cupboard
    by Lynne Reid Banks

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  40. 200.
    A Wrinkle in Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle

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