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. 301.

  2. 302.
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    Poems and Prayers for the Very Young
    by Martha Alexander

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  3. 303.
    The Farm Book (Look-Look)

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  4. 304.
    The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  5. 305.
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    Just Me and My Puppy
    by Mercer Mayer

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  6. 306.
    Welcome To Dead House (Goosebumps)
    by R. L. Stine

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  7. 307.
    The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)
    by Robert Cormier

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  8. 308.
    Chocolate Fever
    by Robert Kimmel Smith

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  9. 309.
    Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps Series)
    by R.L. Stine

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  10. 310.
    Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls Collection)
    by Connie Porter

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  11. 312.
    The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  12. 313.
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    Rumble Fish
    by S.E. Hinton

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  13. 314.
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    The Little Duck
    by Judy Dunn

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  14. 315.
    A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet)
    by Madeleine L'Engle

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  15. 316.
    Secret of the Indian
    by Lynne Reid Banks

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  16. 317.
    Curious George (Curious George)
    by H. A. Rey

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  17. 318.
    The Velveteen Rabbit
    by Margery Williams

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  18. 319.
    Good Work, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book 2)
    by Peggy Parish

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  19. 320.

  20. 321.
    The Zoo Book (Look-Look)
    by Jan Pfloog

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  21. 322.
    101 Dalmatians
    by Dodie Smith

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  22. 324.

  23. 325.
    In & Out, Up & Down (A Chunky Book(R))
    by Sesame Street

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  24. 326.
    Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book 2)
    by Peggy Parish

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  25. 327.

  26. 328.
    The Berenstain Bears Go to Camp (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  27. 329.
    Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (I Can Read Book 2)
    by Peggy Parish

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  28. 331.
    Richard Scarry's Find Your ABC's
    by Richard Scarry

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  29. 332.
    Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum
    by Norman Stiles

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  30. 333.
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    The Runaway Bunny
    by Margaret Wise Brown

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  31. 334.
    Sunshine
    by Norma Klein

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  32. 335.
    Deenie
    by Judy Blume

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  33. 336.
    The Berenstain Bears' Moving Day (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  34. 337.
    Meet Kirsten: An American Girl (American Girls Collection)
    by Janet Beeler Shaw

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  35. 338.
    Clifford the Big Red Dog

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  36. 339.
    The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream (First Time Books(R))
    by Stan Berenstain

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  37. 340.
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    Disney's The Lion King (A Golden Look-Look Book)
    by Margo Hover

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  38. 341.
    Summer of My German Soldier (Puffin Modern Classics)
    by Bette Greene

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  39. 342.

  40. 343.
    Monster Blood (Goosebumps Series)
    by R.L. Stine

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  41. 344.
    Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps Series)
    by R.L. Stine

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  42. 346.
    Wayside School Is Falling Down
    by Louis Sachar

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  43. 347.
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    by B.B. Hiller

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  44. 348.
    The Baby-Sitters Club: The Truth About Stacey
    by Ann Martin

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  45. 349.
    Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping (I Can Read Book 2)
    by Peggy Parish

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