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. 201.
    Little House on the Prairie
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  2. 202.
    Little House in the Big Woods
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  3. 203.
    The Incredible Journey
    by Sheila Burnford

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  4. 204.
    The Little Prince

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  5. 205.
    Johnny Tremain
    by Esther Forbes

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  6. 206.
    Just Me and My Dad (Look-Look)

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  7. 207.
    Go Ask Alice
    by Anonymous

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  8. 208.
    Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
    by J. K. Rowling

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  9. 209.
    Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
    by Judy Blume

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  10. 210.
    Blubber
    by Judy Blume

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  11. 211.
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Collins Modern Classics)
    by Elizabeth George Speare

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  12. 212.
    Superfudge
    by Judy Blume

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  13. 213.
    Bridge to Terabithia
    by Katherine Paterson

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  14. 214.
    Freckle Juice
    by Judy Blume

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  15. 215.
    On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House)
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  16. 216.
    That Was Then, This Is Now
    by S. E. Hinton

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  17. 217.
    Sideways Stories from Wayside School
    by Louis Sachar

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  18. 218.
    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J.D. Salinger

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  19. 219.
    Farmer Boy
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder; Illustrator-Garth Williams

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  20. 220.
    ?
    Just Go to Bed
    by Mercer Mayer

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  21. 221.
    Where the Wild Things Are

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  22. 222.
    Goodnight Moon
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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  23. 223.
    The Long Winter
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  24. 224.
    The Berenstain Bears' New Baby (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  25. 225.
    By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House)
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  26. 226.
    Little Town on the Prairie
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  27. 227.
    The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room (A First Time Book)
    by Stan Berenstain

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  28. 228.
    The Pigman
    by Paul Zindel

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  29. 229.
    The Yearling (Aladdin Classics)
    by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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  30. 232.
    Mercer Mayer's Just Grandma and Me
    by Mercer Mayer

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  31. 233.
    Just for You (Look-Look)

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  32. 234.
    Sarah, Plain and Tall
    by Patricia MacLachlan

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  33. 235.
    When The Legends Die
    by Hal Borland

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  34. 236.
    Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
    by Deborah Howe

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  35. 237.
    James and the Giant Peach
    by Roald Dahl

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  36. 238.
    The Berenstain Bears Go to School (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  37. 239.
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    Night Before Christmas (Random House Picturebacks)
    by Clement Clarke Moore

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  38. 240.
    These Happy Golden Years (Little House)
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  39. 241.
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    All by Myself
    by Mercer Mayer

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  40. 242.
    Stuart Little
    by E. B. White; Illustrator-Garth Williams

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  41. 243.
    The First Four Years (Little House)
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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  42. 244.
    Hatchet
    by Gary Paulsen

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  43. 245.
    The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

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  44. 246.
    The Cay
    by Theodore Taylor

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  45. 247.
    Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitter's Club #1)
    by Ann M. Martin

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  46. 248.

  47. 249.
    Then Again, Maybe I Won't
    by Judy Blume

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  48. 250.
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    I Was So Mad
    by Mercer Mayer

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